We hope you all had a fun and safe Labor Day weekend, hopefully spent somewhere outdoors.
Labor Day has been around since the late 1800s, originally created as a day to recognize American workers and the contributions they make. Today, it’s become the long weekend we all look forward to, and for outdoorsmen, it’s a pretty damn good one.
It’s the unofficial marker that summer is coming to an end and fall is taking over. For a lot of us, that means we spent the weekend hunting, fishing, camping, or just finding any excuse to be outside. Hunting seasons are already open across the country, and there’s no shortage of reasons to get out there.
Summer had a good run. But we’re ready for what comes next.
Now, let’s get into this week’s rundown.
— The Hook & Barrel Family
Here’s the rundown of today’s email:
➤ Fiocchi Golden Pheasant: A Classic Shotgun Load
➤ Fly Fishing Taos: Trout, Mountains & High-Country Water
➤ Backcountry Hunting Safety: Have an Emergency Plan
➤ Fall Bass Transition: Finding Fish as the Seasons Change
➤ SPYPOINT FORCE-4K Review
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Now, here’s the latest from hookandbarrel.com:
A lifelong pheasant hunter takes Fiocchi Golden Pheasant ammo to the range, checking recoil and 30-yard patterns while breaking down the lead, Extreme and Bismuth options
A fly-fishing trip into New Mexico’s Rio Grande Gorge delivers rainbow and brown trout, but the water also reveals a much bigger Taos story shaped by Indigenous history, conservation, public access and a thousand years of people living alongside the river.
We knocked this one out of the ring.
What happens when you start asking yourself what’s possible instead of where the limit lies? You stop looking for the stopping point and start looking for the next challenge. That idea runs through every page of this issue.
A bad fall miles from help can turn a hunt into an emergency fast. Here’s how Uncharted Supply Co. founder Christian Schauf builds four layers of preparedness—from the gear in his pack to the evacuation plan that gets him to professional care.
Fall bass don’t move because the calendar says they should. Track cooling water, forage, healthy vegetation, hard cover and weather to stay with the fish.
The SPYPOINT FORCE-4K skips cellular connectivity for easy setup, 48MP photos, 4K video with sound and a $99.99 price. Check out how it performed in the field.
🗓️ UP NEXT: This Thursday, dial it in for our weekly INSIDER email, full of the latest guns and gear from the industry’s top manufacturers.
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