Just a commentary on your "real world" experience blackie. One thing I have done is write an article for "Outdoor Life," so I believe I've got you there as far as "real world experience" with what goes into magazine articles.
They didn't even ask me for any photos, just pulled some from their library and ran 'em. Showed an elk hunter in the mountains, all decked out with gear that had one thing in common---the auther (me) didn't use any of it.
Funny thing is, on this very thread you've got an Alaskan bear guide and a guy who's spent a ton of time hunting with PHs in Africa and knows them pretty well but you're not listening to either one of them.
