gear review: Girls with Guns Clothing Waterfowl Jacket

I was lucky enough to be put in contact with the ladies at Girls With Guns through Women’s Outdoor News to review some of their gear, the Waterfowl Jacket in particular. I am an avid duck hunter and typically hunt several times a week during the season, so having the right gear (and good gear) is important to me. At 5’10, I am definitely on the tall side, so many women’s hunting clothing does not fit me very well. I often find myself in men’s hunting clothes so the torso & arm lengths are adequate.

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the end of deer season: eyes on the prize

Well, we are officially into 2017. Happy New Year Friends! It’s interesting… Sometimes deer season seems to slowly fizzle out as we approach the final day – January 1st – here in South Carolina. With all of the excitement and activity surrounding duck season and the hunts each week and weekend, going after deer sometimes gets put on the back burner. Sure, I always get in the woods in the evenings before and after a duck hunt, hoping to see a nice buck or just bag a doe so we can all have some meat. And I thought that’s how this year’s season was going to end.

But… Sometimes, deer season doesn’t fizzle out.

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lady dog

I have to admit, this one took me a little while just to be able to write. As you may have seen, a couple weeks ago we lost a beloved member of the Johnston family – miss Dixie dog made her way to Rainbow Bridge after a steady decline over the past few months. It definitely hit me harder than I was anticipating, and I found myself crying the whole way through this post the first few times I sat down to write it.

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