todd kelly
WKR
Having the latest and greatest gear is the cool thing to do in hunting these days, and is an easy game to get caught up in. I find myself pulling out the old Visa more often then I should or need to do.
Also, finding honest gear reviews is becoming harder and harder. Can you trust a review from a guy that is sponsored by the company, or spent top dollar and now has to justify his purchase, or worse yet the guy who has not even used the item and is now spouting off how great it is...
So whats some gear that you have got caught up in and had to have, but wasn`t so hot once you got it?
For myself it was the floorless shelter. A must have shelter these days, and something I had to have. So 400 some dollars later I was set and part of the floorless club. I was able to use it during an oddly dry spring bear hunt and was pretty pleased with my purchase. I was thinking I had it made and was off on a solo sheep hunt a few month later. Then everything got wet. Condensation, wet ground, wet gear, muddy gear, just plain old wet.
Coming home pretty disappointed, I was off on a goat hunt and same thing, wet. I did some research after the season looking for options, and low and behold I found a solution, buy a tarp and use as a floor! My floorless shelter needed a floor. Off to the classifieds and I'm happy again with a floored tent!
Also, finding honest gear reviews is becoming harder and harder. Can you trust a review from a guy that is sponsored by the company, or spent top dollar and now has to justify his purchase, or worse yet the guy who has not even used the item and is now spouting off how great it is...
So whats some gear that you have got caught up in and had to have, but wasn`t so hot once you got it?
For myself it was the floorless shelter. A must have shelter these days, and something I had to have. So 400 some dollars later I was set and part of the floorless club. I was able to use it during an oddly dry spring bear hunt and was pretty pleased with my purchase. I was thinking I had it made and was off on a solo sheep hunt a few month later. Then everything got wet. Condensation, wet ground, wet gear, muddy gear, just plain old wet.
Coming home pretty disappointed, I was off on a goat hunt and same thing, wet. I did some research after the season looking for options, and low and behold I found a solution, buy a tarp and use as a floor! My floorless shelter needed a floor. Off to the classifieds and I'm happy again with a floored tent!