Backcountry Hunting Gear
Backcountry Hunting Gear
We put the best backcountry hunting gear to the test and publish real-world results.
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![Erik Barber tests the best climbing sticks](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/01/best-climbing-sticks-4-scaled.jpg?w=675)
Backcountry Hunting Gear
The Best Climbing Sticks of 2024
![Elk hunting](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/15/elk2.jpg?w=675)
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Browning Hydro-Fleece Review: A Perfectly Quiet and Waterproof Hunting Jacket and Bibs
![Leupold RX-5000](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/RX-5000-Horizontal.jpg?w=600)
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First Look: The New Leupold RX-5000 Laser Rangefinder
![Kuiu vs Sitka](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/KuiuvsSitka.jpg?w=632)
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Kuiu vs Sitka: The Ultimate Field Test
![We tested the Benchmade Taggedout.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/benchmade-taggedout-review-lead.jpg?w=719)
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Benchmade Taggedout Carbon Fiber: The Ultimate EDC Hunting Knife?
![A photo of a buck from one of the best trail cameras.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/06/IMG_8997.jpg?w=800)
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Good Deals on Trail Cameras We’ve Tested for Black Friday 2023
![A woman in camouflage with an orange hat looking over a landscape](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/02/KUIU_Jacket_Feature-scaled.jpg?w=600)
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Kuiu Black Friday Deals: Save on Jackets, Rain Gear, and Wool
![Man standing on cliff](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/23/NN7344L2JZC4PCBI7UEKM4D7B4.jpg?w=600)
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The Best Personal Locator Beacons and Satellite Messengers of 2024
![freel with dall sheep.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/13/IMG_0048-scaled.jpeg?w=600)
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Great Rifles for Mountain Hunting
![Hunter wearing SITKA women's timberline pants approaches buck.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/19/best-womens-hunting-pants.jpg?w=635)
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The Best Women’s Hunting Pants, Tested and Reviewed
![elk and rifle](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/06/elk4.jpg?w=675)
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The Best Elk Hunting Rifles of 2024
![We tested the best elk hunting gear.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/04/best-elk-hunting-gear.jpg?w=635)
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The Best Elk Hunting Gear of 2024
![Ben Romans with an Elk](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/12/S0060437.jpg?w=675)
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The Best Elk Hunting Boots of 2024
![A hunter on skis reaches down for a bird that a dog is retrieving for him.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/03/Ski_Hunt_Wadsworth-6-copy.jpg?w=526)
These Renegade Hunters Are Skiing into the Backcountry with Their Bird Dogs
![The Garmin inReach Messenger receives a message.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/24/garmin-inreach-messenger-review.jpg?w=635)
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Garmin inReach Messenger Review: A Longer Battery Life for Backcountry Messaging
![The Therm-a-Rest Xlite and Xlite NXT sit side by side.](https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/23/therm-a-rest-updates-xlite.jpg?w=635)
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