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How to Field Judge Mule Deer

How to Field Judge Mule Deer

A mature mule deer buck is an icon of western hunting. To stalk one across endless coulees or glass one up from a distant ridgeline is what hunting...

Precision Rifle Matches: A Primer

The bull was across a small canyon at 427 yards. Without a very circuitous route down, around and up again, there was no way to get closer before l...

OVER & OUT

How it all went down Author / ZACK BOUGHTON, SG CONTENT DIRECTOR It’s mid-October and the highway is covered in ice and wind-blown snow that’s pa...

A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING & EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE

Author / LYLE HEBEL, SG MARKETING DIRECTOR One of the most common questions about our packs is why we don’t include more built-in pockets for gea...

Five Tips to Upgrade Your Backcountry Meals

As hunting season rolls into November and winter steadily approaches, the freeze-dried meals we’ve all been eating for the last couple of months ar...

Walk the Walk

Top: “Heads up!” Tay D’Agostino (@tay.dags) releases a mule deer doe that had just been sampled as part of a study done by Monteith Shop. The work ...

Small Design Features Make a Big Difference

Some of the less talked about gear design features are some of the most important in the field. Correct sleeve length, elbow articulation, and wris...

Do this workout to prepare for backcountry hunting.

MTNTOUGH Coach Jimmy Alsobrook continues to ideate and create new workouts designed to optimize the experience of backcountry hunters, or any moun...

Where the Pronghorn Roam Free: Reopening Migration Routes in Southwest Montana

Written By: Josh Ziegler At 5:30 a.m., six of us gathered in the parking lot of Stone Glacier’s Bozeman location. In relative silence, we dumped wa...

Three Years Running - Inc. 5000

Bozeman, MT (August 17, 2021) – Stone Glacier, a leading manufacturer of premium outdoor equipment, has been ranked as No. 1452 within Inc. magazi...

Lyle's 10 Day Alaska Dall Sheep Hunt Pack Dump

Last Fall, Stone Glacier Marketing Director Lyle Hebel traveled to Alaska to hunt Dall sheep in the Brooks Range. Lyle was able to harvest a 12-ye...

Full Circle

Written By: Justin Helvik (@jhelvik) A haze from the wildfires made it difficult to view the ridgeline two miles above me. One of the white rocks I...

What's up with rain gear?

There are many waterproof fabrics on the market, so how do you determine what rain gear will be best suited for your style of hunting? The amount o...