Exo Journal — Backpacking

Mark Huelsing
Easy & Efficient Mountain Living — The Backcountry Blueprint, Part 3

Easy & Efficient Mountain Living — The Backcountry Blueprint, Part 3

Easy & Efficient Mountain Living (The Backcountry Blueprint, Part 3) As part of The Experience Challenge, we had 1,500+ hunters complete a detailed Hunt Reflection. Their answers inspired this series, The Backcountry Blueprint. We asked those hunters: In what specific areas do you need to improve your backpacking skills and knowledge? Using the answers of those 1,500 hunters, this article looks beyond the "how-to" of hunting and focuses on the "how-to" of surviving and thriving in the backcountry. Here are the 5 common areas that hunters need to improve in their backpacking skills and knowledge… Spotify | Apple Podcasts Reducing...

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Mark Huelsing
Exo Experience — Best Pack Photo & Best Moment Captured

Exo Experience — Best Pack Photo & Best Moment Captured

Here are the winners of Best Pack Photo and Best Moment Captured from our first-ever Exo Experience Photo Contest.

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Mark Huelsing
Backpack Hunting Basics — Clothing Selection & Layering Strategies

Backpack Hunting Basics — Clothing Selection & Layering Strategies

Discover how selecting high-quality clothing, combined with the knowledge of when and how to layer those items effectively, creates a comprehensive layering system for backpack hunts.

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Mark Huelsing
Backpack Hunting Basics — Meal Prep for the Backcountry

Backpack Hunting Basics — Meal Prep for the Backcountry

The food you take on a multi-day backpack hunt is an important aspect of your ability to hunt effectively. The food you bring provides the energy you need to hike, hour after hour, and day after day. As you begin to extend a hunt duration, your food also becomes the heaviest and bulkiest item(s) in your pack. In this video, Steve Speck, owner and founder of Exo Mtn Gear, shares an example of how he plans and packs the foods he takes on backpack hunts.

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