The 6-year-old chuckled at the sight as if he was watching his favorite cartoon. The entertainment wasn't coming from a monitor, but from a yearling deer playfully bouncing around its mother feeding…
How to Tie a Buntline Hitch Rope Knot
Use this knot to fasten items such as snaps and rings to rope or cord. Forms a small, neat and very reliable knot. Simple and effective, the buntline hitch…
A camper can never have enough gear. Or at least it's fun to believe so and to always keep an eye out for the next piece of camping gear to enhance the camping experience. Although, every camper has…
The walking staff is one of mankind's oldest and simplest devices to help them walk or hike. People have used these long wooden shafts for thousands of years.
Like any tool used for many centuries,…
How to Tie a Bowline Rope Knot
One of the most useful rope knots you can know. The Bowline knot forms a secure loop that will not jam and is easy to tie and untie. The Bowline is most commonly used…
As a retired licensed hiking guide for the Department of Environmental Conservation and a volunteer Hike Coach for the Leukemia/Lymphoma Society for many years, I taught trail safety, and…
For many campers, there is not a more pleasing time of year to sit around a cozy campfire than during the autumn months. Although, campfires can also become a roaring, damaging wildfire in only a few…
The Asian carp invasion has swept over the United States like the Biblical plaque of locusts. In a mere 30 years the invasive species has spread from a few individuals in an Arkansas pond to millions…
How to Tie a Bowline on a Bight Knot
This rope knot forms a bowline (secure loop) in the middle of a line. Useful when you want a non-slip loop but a free end is not handy or to provide two loops in…
Each autumn, the wife and I round up our two kids, now in their twenties, and head to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Since the kids were young, we laced up our hiking boats and hit a trail…
Camping is among the most fun activities to embark upon as a family. Over time, it can become a time-honored tradition passed down throughout generations.
To create that rich legacy, it's important…
When summer is gone, and fall is here many outdoors enthusiasts trade a fishing rod for a hunting rifle and muggy mornings on the lake for cooler mornings in the woods.
One thing that doesn't change…
