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For the last forty-five some years I have been wearing Bean Boots for the majority of my outdoor pursuits, personal and professional. I have wore them until the bottoms were smooth and thin and then sent them back to the company in Maine for re-soling. When I worked for Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game we were able to get a 50% discount if we ordered on official letter head (this was back in the day when orders were placed by mail). Through this program for professional fish & wildlife workers, I...

I have been very happy with a Savage 24C Campers Companion .22/ 20 gauge over/under for my annual or semi annual brook trout, ruffed grouse, camp & canoe trips, that I take in Northern Minnesota. Last fall I took my beautiful full stock 375 H & H Sako rifle with me and traded it away to a mid west gun dealer for a 1921 Marble's Game Getter. It is a 18" barreled .22/.410 over/under folding stock firearm that is ideal for pot shooting grouse on the portage trails or any off the beaten path...

Here's a very foreseeable survival situation unique to canoe trippers: You've lost or hopelessly broken your paddle. To stay alive, you must make a new one so you can paddle out. How? For thousands of years our ancestors could and did do this. What are the minimum tools needed to do the job? What are the steps?