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Ozone. I use an O3 generator to deodorize my hunting gear. O3 is widely used in industry for odor elimination. A couple precautions though... Do not breathe O3. Use it in an unoccupied space. I put large bulky items is contractor garbage begs and I stick the O3 hose into the bag for 5-15...

Here's a long story about what can surprise you when you least expect it. Many years ago, my wife and I took a backpacking trip in Utah. We flew in/out of Vegas and our return home flight was a red eye. We were staying in St George UT the night before our return. We got up early that morning and...

Interstate travel mostly. But just because its an interstate it doesnt mean it doesnt go thru all types of neighborhoods. Chicago for one. And when you need fuel, you need fuel. No idea how a traveler would know what type of neighborhood the exit to the gas station is. Years ago we took a trip...

There are a lot of canoe destinations that require driving thru some nasty cities to get there. I definitely get a severe "pucker" when I'm driving thru Chicago on my way to BWCA. It's the TRIP to canoe country that's the most dangerous part of the journey.

Can't pack a heater in a bunch of states. My wife and I just returned from a New England trip. We couldn't carry in several of those states so we left our irons at home. So I bought a Byrna Launcher because all the commercials say "It's legal in all 50 states". When it arrived I realized that...

I love seeing nature doing it's thing. Raptors are so cool. I hate to be a wet blanket but I believe that it's probably not legal to possess any parts of that heron. Yeah, I think it's stupid but a game warden would probably love to write you up for those feet and feathers. A warden once told...

I like 6'6" medium fast. And I insist on 2 piece rods. One piece rods are okay if they live on a boat or whatever but for being able to stow a rod in a canoe, portaging, or in the vehicle, a one piece is cumbersome.

There's an old diy treestand for hunting that's called an Andy Stand. It would obviously be over- engineered (and heavier) for the support we need as a table, but a lighter physical weight of that design might work really well for a table, and even a seat. The design is very similar to @kahel...

Allegash was the 1st choice when I started researching ME a year ago. I'm not sure exactly why it fell off the radar. I have Gil Gilpatrick's book. Maybe I need to look at it again.

We love the west. We've taken some awesome paddle trips out there and it's still on our radar. We visited New England back in the 1990s and we thought we'd go back to ME again. We lost our love for backpacking and now we stick to canoe camping and we can drive to ME in one long day. Maybe we'll...

I have an ankle issue. It's pretty messed up...old injuries, arthritis, etc. So for the near future (the 2025 paddle season) I'm pretty much restricted to easy, or no portages. With all sorts of therapies, it's better than it was for our 2 trips to BWCA last summer but for this year I'm still...

Thanks. I do have the Delorme Atlas and AMC Quiet Water Maine book. If anything, reading thru that stuff is actually more confusing. There seems to be so many different entities that govern different parks, holdings, etc. Macias corridor is under BLM if I read that correctly. Then there's the...

I've searched the internet but I can't seem to find anything about backcountry/dispersed camping on public lands in ME. Are you restricted to camping only in established sites? (usually have fire ring/grate, pit toilet, etc.) Restricted camping is the main reason why I doubt that I'll go back to...

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I carry mostly for the trip to/from paddling destinations, not at all for fear of 4 legged critters in the back country. We've had to stay in motels in sketchy neighborhoods. Do I carry when I travel? You bet I do. But I'm also responsible and I don't leave my gun in my locked vehicle...

We are big fans of Watershed bags. Love them. They beat the crap out of the standard roll-down "dry" bags. And Watershed bags are submersible, truly waterproof. Roll down bags are only as good as the roll. You can't over fill a roll down bag and still have enough bag to roll. A watershed bag...

The seller says those paddles are custom made, high end. I haven't yet seen any of this stuff in person but my sister says everything is beautiful. According to sis, the seller seems to own a lot of high end stuff so I think the paddles are probably decent. We already own several good paddles...

I think it's the no trace crowd that is against leaving firewood. But the very fact that it's a designated campsite, by definition, means there IS a trace (many traces) that are left by the dozens of people that have stayed there. I personally don't understand the distain for leaving a small...

I just landed a sweet deal on a mint condition Sawyer. It's older, 1982 I believe. Always garage kept. Here's how I stumbled upon this boat. My sister lives in Florida and we drive down from Pgh to visit her once a year. We haul our canoe down each time but this trip we wanted to try taking the...

Yikes! We were on the Delaware River a few years ago and another small group of paddlers had trouble finding a site so they asked us if they could set up 30 yards or so from us. We said "sure". Around dinner time, we were all outside our tents chatting back and forth and out of nowhere a huge...