By Justin Nelson If you’ve ever hunted Pronghorn over water, you know the importance of a good blind setup. There are many things to consider when selecting the location and positioning of the blind. After several years of success and failures, I’ve put together some tips that I believe can greatly increase your chance at success.  #1 Water Hole Selection Just because you are seeing Pronghorn around a curtain area doesn’t mean that they are going to water near that location. Pick a spot that has sign around the water source. Look for tracks and droppings near the water. I’ll usually spe ..read more

Sighting in a Black Gold Sight - Updated for Dual Indicator Sights Find our notes on setting up your Dual Indicator at the end... Sighting in a Black Gold sight should be easy, but for some it can be confusing. Hopefully we can make this simple. These steps are specifically for the Black Gold Verdict, Assault, and Pro series sights but can be applied to other brand sights as well. For the sake of time and focus we’re going to assume that your bow has a tuned rest, and a d-loop and peep installed. It’s important that these are installed to fit YOU. If not, get your bow to a local pro shop and h ..read more

Thought I would do a quick rundown of my new setup for 2022. Right out of the gate let me just say that this is my favorite hunting bow to date. Lets dig in! The bow I’m shooting this year is the new Mathews V3X 33. I am not one to purchase a new bow every year, but was intrigued with this new design. The new bow offers the Bridge Lock riser, that allows you to mount most dovetail sights through the riser. This helps reduce the amount of hand torque required to balance the bow. But also allows my quiver to be much closer to the riser, almost inside the pocket. I got really lucky with th ..read more

The Slik 624 Pro Carbon Fiber Tripod is our favorite backcountry tripod.  It's compact size and stability make it ideal for all of your backcountry adventures!  You should also check out the Slik 634 Tripod here ..read more

Are you trying to decide which Tightspot Quiver is right for you? In this comparison video Justin breaks down the differences between the 5 Arrow Quiver, 7 Arrow Quiver, and whitetail Rise Quiver from TightSpot. Hopefully this will help you decide which Tightspot Quiver is perfect for your style of hunting ..read more

The Sirui VA-5 is simply the best pan head on the market for hunters. In this review, Justin gives us an indepth look at our favorite backcountry approved video head. You can get this head on its own and pair it up with one of our Slik tripods, or you can purchase our Sirui Backcountry Combo to get the head and the Sirui T024SK tripod. In the following video Justin explains how to adjust the Sirui VA-5 head to accommodate different Arca-Swiss compatible plates. You could also find this helpful if you can't get your VA-5 to tighten down or loosen its fit on the sliding adapter plate. The Siru ..read more

Backcountry Hunting Gear List When it comes to the backcountry, having a simple yet effective backcountry hunting gear list can greatly increase your productivity. Too much gear and fatigue from extra weight starts to set in after a few days. Not enough gear creates frustration along with an uncomfortable experience. Finding the right balance can be overwhelming and can even take multiple years to figure out. Hunting scenarios are always changing, from different weather conditions, different terrain, or even as simple as adding an extra day or two. Let’s be real, hunting season is only here ..read more

Spring Bear Itch It's been a few days since I’ve returned from my spring bear hunt here in Idaho. Spring bear hunting has become one of my favorite hunts of the season. The calmness of the game, the spectacular views, and it being the first big game hunt of the season after winter, is refreshing in itself. There’s ample opportunity and plenty of areas to hunt. As each spring season comes and goes I look forward to the next year even more. There’s just something about the awakening of the forest and the animals that I really enjoy. My bear hunt this year had it all from heavy packs, hard earne ..read more

Black Gold Pro Hunter HD Review The new Black Gold Pro Hunter HD Sight has us very excited..Why? It’s simple, pin point accuracy. Confidence As with most skills that take time and patience to acquire, backcountry archery hunting, requires confidence. Confidence in your gear is obviously important as a backcountry hunter, but confidence in your shooting skill is a key trait among the best archery hunters in the world. Precise I bring this up because the first time you look at the new Black Gold Pro Hunter HD pins, you’ll immediately recognize the pinpoint accuracy this sight is capable o ..read more

SWAROVSKI EL RANGE TA BINOCULAR Here's a situation that we've all been in. You turn up a buck bedded across the canyon. You spend all morning getting over to him, but when you get close you're not sure which tree he's under. How many times have you looked back across the canyon wishing you could get some help locating that buck? The new rangefinding binoculars from Swarovski will tell you exactly where that buck is! Simply range back to your original position, and the binos will tell you how far to go right/left and forward/back. This is the kind of measurable advantage that helps justify the ..read more