I wanted to tell you the story above so you can see my trepidation with this review. Now, with that little caveat out of the way, let me get to a short review of the BOG tripod and its accessories. Given the chance, I will eat crow and go with the new, light, warm, and advanced gear whenever possible. I’m not going to change I have grown comfortable in my treasonous ways. I like to tell you how soft you are with all your new, fancy gear….and then I want to go out and buy it and be amazed at how I ever lived without it. I walked away wanting to go out and buy some new cool stuff. But these kids were dialed in like they were on a Yukon expedition. I have come a long way since hunting in sneakers and jeans. Don’t get me wrong, I have good gear….now. And who knows what kind of GPS, sat phone, or communication devices they had.$1k Zeiss binoculars on one, the other had Vortex optics….probably $600 or so.$2k-3k synthetic rifles, stainless barrels.I was crossed between annoyed that these kids “out-geared” me and being fascinated at all the cool stuff they had. As I stopped to shoot the breeze with them, I noticed that each of them was carrying a small fortune in gear. I crossed paths with two young kids on ATV’s on my third day. I kid you not, less than a week ago I was hunting white tail and wild boar in the Blue Ridge mountains. I’m not really one to complain…but sometimes I like to get on my soap box and pontificate on how tough we were and how modern-day gear heads are all sissified. The materials that our modern hunting clothes are made of were unheard of back in the early eighties. Fast forward to today, outdoor gear is a multi-billion dollar industry. We had crappy gear and we liked it (really we just did not know any better). I remember praying for the sun to rise in hopes that the temperature would bump up just a degree or two so my feet would hurt less from the cold. I am in my mid-forties, I grew up hunting in jeans, cotton shirts, and surplus army gear from second hand stores (or hand me downs). I am a self-proclaimed flip flopper and ride both sides of the fence with all the new gear and technological advances that seem to come out every year. If you have read some of my other articles and gear reviews you already know I am a bit of a hypocrite when it comes to hunting gear.
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