HARDCORE OUTDOOR-GEAR REVIEWS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HUNTING, HIKING, SEARCH AND RESCUE, MILITARY: SHOT Show 2012

HARDCORE OUTDOOR-GEAR REVIEWS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HUNTING, HIKING, SEARCH AND RESCUE, MILITARY

HARDCORE OUTDOOR-GEAR REVIEWS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HUNTING, HIKING, SEARCH AND RESCUE, MILITARY: SHOT Show 2012 - Las Vegas

SHOT Show 2012 - Las Vegas

That, my friends, is a remote controlled helicopter the size of a VW with thermal, infrared and stabilized video imaging. How cool would it be to scout for elk or look for lost hikers with this thing? Yea it is! How much? If you have to ask, it's too much.

Spent the day at the SHOT Show in sin city and frankly it was more than a enough time. Good lord there is a lot of useless junk on display here and there are way too many end user slash consumer types looky looing around. I have a hard time getting anything productive done because there are just too many freaking people but I did a have a number of good meetings. Got to meet the Hill People Gear guys and we had a nice session about current and future products. More to come on that later. Good guys and a great story.

Sitka has some new items including a brand spanking fresh camo pattern pictured below. Met Patrick Smith of Kifaru and got to talk with him for a while. He seemed genuinely pleased that I was going to be recommending his Slick sleeping bag. Otte Gear, Massif and Arcteryx LEAF all have cool products on the way. Uber (get it, they are German) boot maker Lowa adds an insulated hunting model to its line and Mystery Ranch had some new pack stuff too.

Sitka Gear has a new camo pattern called Optifade Marsh. So what, now we are hunting ducks? It is cool but it looks like it would work in the desert too because what I think are feathers look more like scales to me but then again maybe I have spent too much time in rattler country.

I will have more detail on these as well as other news later but right now I gots to get on a aero plane and get outta here. Hasta broheims.

Thanks.

Wade Nelson
Editor

Sorting through the fads and fashion of the outdoor equipment industry to identify and promote the very best wilderness gear for high end recreational users, backcountry professionals and government agencies.

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