I have to confess, I find backpacking quite boring. And not for a lack of trying, either—I grew up backpacking with my parents and high school friends, and was even a guide on youth trips in Montana.

Emergency situations can happen when we least expect, but by simply making a survival gear checklist we can help improve our chances of surviving if the worst should happen. Although most of us are ...

Every so often, you just need to review the basics, taking inventory of socks, T-shirts, sunglasses, and mid-layer jackets. Here are a few highlights — plus pants you may not have known you needed.

The swamp was the place to be. It was where all the whitetails came from, retreated to, and felt safe enough to move in daylight in the high-pressure public-land area I was hunting. But as I clanged ...