An early morning arose along Loch Snizort (yes, the actual name) and we rustled down a delicious Scottish breakfast. Today was the north loop of the Isle of Skye. Looking back, we could’ve spent the whole week covering this one day, but much like the isle herself, it was a magical day. Off we set through Portree to grab supplies for lunch, water, and anything else we might need to toast the day. The picturesque Scottish village butted up against a loch that bleeds into the no

Hurley, Wisconsin: the original Sin City. A two-faced town with a rich mining history and ire for shit kickery. A town of 1,500 that boasts 25 bars, 6 of which are strip clubs, all confined to one glorious stretch of road – Silver Street. Few are written, but those stories that are tell of the town burning down… twice… or the time 3% of the town was arrested. On the surface, Hurley is home to one of the country’s largest iron deposits (hence its place in Iron County, WI), end

The Black Lab, America’s family dog. There are two types of Labrador retrievers: English and American. The former are beautiful show dogs with average energy and a stockier build. The American black lab is pure bred lunatic. This is the story of Casey – the lunatic. Casey came home, a 10-week-old puppy, as a surprise. The best surprise a family can get, right? Absolutely, unless your 3 rd child was born just weeks earlier. I was young but old enough to remember the look on

It’s a cold Wisconsin morning for the opening of deer season. My alarm goes off at 4:30 and it’s the rare occasion that I’ve already been up for 20 minutes anticipating the action of the morning. Wisconsin gun deer season is only one week long. Every week of thanksgiving from the Saturday before to the following Sunday. This particular opening day it’s about 10 degrees and I’m the only thing remotely awake. I creep to the basement without waking the rest of the house, grab ev

More affectionately known as the Driftless Region, this part of Wisconsin that dodged the glacial drift, hence the name the driftless region. Some of the biggest whitetail deer in the world call this area of Wisconsin home. They thrive in the lush vegetation and fertile land in large part thanks to the Mississippi river. Some of our country’s most underrated fly fishing is hosted out here. Small rivers and streams fed by ~600 natural springs are dotted with trout. Thousands o

Lake Michigan is a fickle mistress. From boat crushing waves to zero visibility fog, its essentially a freshwater ocean. Inside this...

Cold and dark, only missing one element to make the perfect opening day of Wisconsin duck season. The easiest 4am wakeup of the year is...

We talk a lot about hunting in Wisconsin and the perfect tools to use for the job. In all honesty, there’s never anything perfect. That...

Fishing in Wisconsin’s Driftless region is the stuff of legends. A secluded fishery often not spoken of by those that haven’t experienced...

Wild Bill Hickok was a figure of legend, a man who embodied the old west. He was born to Homer, IL in 1837 and fled to Kansas, becoming a...

Now, I don’t care where you draw the line as to where “up north” begins. That’s not my prerogative. I care about the layout of nature and...

Oh, Canada. The year was 2016 and I get a call out of the blue from my old man one sunny June day: “We’re going to Canada in early...

I've had the pleasure of getting to know some amazing people in the firearms industry over the last few years. Some manufacturers,...

In the great white forest of north western Wisconsin sits the most prominent beef jerky maker in the country. Closer to Duluth, MN and...

Henry Repeating Arms is coming home. Just a few weeks ago they announced the consolidation of all manufacturing operations to Wisconsin,...

I write this first post while I stare out over a slightly rippled Lake Michigan. Fisherman break the morning calm as they rip towards...