Entries Tagged Field Test

The author has planted Evolved food plot seed in western Wisconsin for two consecutive years. Growing conditions were less than ideal in 2024, and it was a repeat in 2025. Thankfully, the results were better than expected.

During fall 2025, the author and his hunting partners field tested five annual seed blends from Mossy Oak BioLogic on three of their western Wisconsin food plots.

The author placed a Spypoint Force 24 non-cell trail cam in a deep, heavily-wooded South Dakota river-bottom that doesn’t receive cell service. What did he discover after letting it shoot pics for 3 straight months?

The author and his family test three blends from Magnet Outdoors on a few of their Wisconsin food plots.

The author has been building and maintaining food plots for 30 years, but he made two big blunders in 2025.

The Jakl is part of Wiley X’s Tactical Series — but the author put them to the test bass fishing during spring, summer and fall.

Leupold Daylight Max polarized lenses are designed for low-light conditions. The author put them to the test during his most-recent Minnesota open-water fishing season.

The author has been running Spypoint trail cams for six years, and in 2025 he added the Flex-Dark and Flex-S-Dark (solar) cell models to his scouting mix.

The Benchmade 7-inch Fishcrafter is put to the test on everything from bluegills and crappies to northern pike and channel catfish — and even whitetail backstraps.

The author changed up his whitetail gear list with the addition of these three products, and each one performed flawlessly.

The ultra-portable and lightweight Crazy Creek HEX 2.0 Original Chair is put to the test during the 2024 whitetail season.

The Rise Pack from Badlands was designed for deer hunters who ambush whitetails from treestands. Did it pass the author’s test?

The author carried the Steiner Predator 10x42 binocular during the 2024 deer season, and also put it to the test later while watching wildlife in much more challenging lighting conditions.

The author used two new Spypoint cell cams during the 2024 South Dakota deer season, and also placed four of his older Spypoints (2022 and 2023 cell models) back in the woods for an extended field test.