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Larry’s Blog: Valuable Tips from an Outdoor Expert
Larry Bartlett is a backcountry field expert and owner of Pristine Ventures. An authority on wilderness medicine, survival and logistics, Larry has written several books and peer-reviewed scientific articles. He has taught college-level Arctic survival and medical physiology at the University of Fairbanks and has devoted 25 years to meat care science, as well as educating the public on wild meat salvage, preservation and transport in wilderness settings. Larry also speaks out on behalf of the rights for hunters and anglers in Alaska.
Field Dressing Tips and Secrets
Alaska Meat Care Expert Playbook: Field Dressing Tips and Secrets by Larry Bartlett When I was a little squirt I relied on my dad to show me how to deal with wild game once taken down. Unfortunately, he was a pretty inexperienced hunter so my only lesson on field dressing was “gut the buck—get it to the truck!” From that point I recall whole legs of deer stacked like cordwood in [...]
Raft Repair Kit
What’s in LB’s Repair Kit VS What Should be in Yours The bush plane pilot calls to say “it’s go time.” I’m grabbing dry bags and stacking them in the back of the truck to rush to the float pond and hopefully avoid a weather delay. For practice I stack the gear in a small tight tetris confirguration with low center of gravity. As I’m loading the raft into the truck, [...]