Camping

News & Tips: 14 Gifts for the Best Outdoor Dad
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14 Gifts for the Best Outdoor Dad

Are You Struggling to Come up With a Gift for Your Outdoor Guy? Here Are My Top Gift Picks From Bass Pro Shops.  Your outdoor dad or husband may say he doesn’t like to shop, but that doesn’t mean…
News & Tips: Fun-to-Cook: 4 Easy Foods for Camp Chefs...
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Fun-to-Cook: 4 Easy Foods for Camp Chefs

Food never tastes better than when cooked outdoors. And nothing quite highlights a fun campout like favored foods prepared using special outdoor cooking methods.         Modern camp cooking can be…
News & Tips: Fun Activities to Do With Kids This Summer at Bass Pro Shops...
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Fun Activities to Do With Kids This Summer at Bass Pro Shops

With three young nieces, ages 8-10 years old, coming to visit me this summer, I was trying to think of some fun games and activities that would keep them occupied and happy. Bass Pro Shops Family…
News & Tips: How You Can Become a Birder With These Simple Tips and Gear...
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How You Can Become a Birder With These Simple Tips and Gear

It's not hard to pick up the movement of birds in one's field of vision. Especially larger birds like hawks or birds with a color such as a white egret. Birdwatching for smaller migratory songbirds…
News & Tips: Fire Safety Tips for Campers
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Fire Safety Tips for Campers

The sight was chilling, to say the least. My tent and everything inside it had burned to the ground. Nothing was left but a pile of charred fabric and blackened gear. I had been gone only a few…
News & Tips: Stop Cooking Mediocre Camp Meals – Use a Dutch Oven...
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Stop Cooking Mediocre Camp Meals – Use a Dutch Oven

As settlers traveled across the country a couple hundred years ago, their needs were simple even though times were harsh. Food, shelter and safety were primary. After trudging laborious miles through…
News & Tips: 8 Types of Hikers: Which One Are You?
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8 Types of Hikers: Which One Are You?

If you’re a hiker, you've already set yourself apart from the hoards of people that never leave the parking lot. But even among those who love to cover miles of trail there is a lot of diversity of…
News & Tips: 4 Ways to Make a Fire Without Matches or Lighter...
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4 Ways to Make a Fire Without Matches or Lighter

A few decades ago, it would have been difficult to find an outdoorsman who couldn't start a campfire. Wood cookstoves and heating were used by almost everyone, and campfires brightened every outdoor…
News & Tips: 8 Tips on How to Pick a Backcountry Campsite...
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8 Tips on How to Pick a Backcountry Campsite

In established campgrounds, picking a site is easy – usually just selecting the numbered parking spot and plunking down a tent. But stray from the beaten path and the question of where to spend the…
News & Tips: Are You Not Sleeping at Camp?
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Are You Not Sleeping at Camp?

For some campers, a good night sleep is easily achieved after a day of adventure taxes the body. But for others, even a day of trail trekking or kayak paddling can't bring a comfortable slumber…
News & Tips: Trash Management on the Trail
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Trash Management on the Trail

Maneuvering along a hiking trail and "in the zone" with the natural surroundings can be quickly interrupted by a small piece of trash left by humans. Such a little piece of evidence of…
News & Tips: 10 Backpacking Essentials You Shouldn't Forget...
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10 Backpacking Essentials You Shouldn't Forget

The big backpacking trip is coming up, and of course you packed your tent. But did you bring your toothbrush? Here are 10 easily-overlooked (but do-not-forget!) items to put on a list before you head…