December 2022

A Baja Adventure

Destinations / By Hook & Barrel Contributor

Peace Vans is hitting the road this winter for a Baja Adventure, bringing their vintage VW Vanagons to sunny Mexico for an exclusive pop-up vacation experience. For the first time, adventurers will have the opportunity to experience a Peace Vans curated camping trip in Baja, exploring new culture, exciting excursions, and scrumptious local cuisine while road-tripping and camping in expertly renovated 1980s vintage campers.

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F-1 Firearms UDP-9 Pistol Caliber Carbine Review

Shooting / By Jason Kostal

With its shorter barrel length, light weight, and AR-platform functionality, the Pistol Caliber Carbine (PCC) is a versatile mid-range firearm for personal defense and competitive shooting. Increasing interest in the PCC platform brings new and innovative companies pushing the limits of capability, craftsmanship, and performance. It is within this boutique realm that we find F-1 Firearms and their UDP-9 carbine.

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Meet Chef Andrew Zimmern

Food & Drink / By Jim Hannaford

The famous TV chef serves up his passion for the outdoors. Andrew Zimmern Goes Wild. Fans of Andrew Zimmern have tagged along for years as he’s chased his endless fascination with flavorful foods from one end of the world to the other. These days they can see what the famous foodie loves about the incredible wild flavors closer to home. Perhaps more importantly, they can learn how to cook them like he does.

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Kevin Holland: America’s Ace-in-the-Hole

Celebrities / By Jacob VanHouten

Kevin Holland is the only publicly known member of both SEAL Team Eight, Naval Special Warfare Development Group (Red Squadron), and the U.S. Army Special Mission Unit 1st SFOD-Delta.

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Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone: Fighter, Racer & Movie Star

Celebrities / By Matt Meltzer

Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone may be retired from the octagon, but his life as a hunter, off-roadracer, and movie star is just getting started.

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Conserving Burbot in Idaho

Conservation / By Naomi Tomky

How the Kootenai Tribe and partners brought back a nearly lost species. Only 67 members of the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho remained in 1974. With no land and most members living in desperate conditions, they tried to secure their survival with a Hail Mary: by declaring war on the United States.

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Drake White, The Optimystic

Music / By Tom Venesky

Drake White -the optimist- proves that second chances are sometimes the best kind. When he was 12 years old, Drake White was faced with a choice: Hit the Coosa River with his grandfather for the crappie bite or join his buddies for a birthday party and video games.

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Belgian Beer & All That It Entails

Food & Drink / By Lisa Kadane

A quest for the Holy Grail of Trappist ales. A Belgian beer pilgrimage. Tucked in the shadow of the St.Sixtus Abbey amid the pastoral Belgian countryside, the In de Vrede is the only place in the world you can sip from a chalice of Westvleteren 12.

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Viewing the Northern Lights in Churchill, Manitoba

Destinations / By Sheila Hansen

Chasing the aurora borealis is just part of a bucket-list trip up north.

Our electric tundra buggy quietly rocks and rolls its way over the frozen, windswept surface of the sweeping Churchill River.

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Bear Viewing in Homer, Alaska

Conservation / By David Zoby

Brian Saunders, who owns the Anchor River Fly Shop, sat tying flies for the upcoming trout season across Cook Inlet. Saunders specializes in fly-in fishing and other curated adventures. There were no customers in his shop on the bank of the Anchor River. Dollie, his cattle-dog, dozed on the porch. Salmon season was closed due to poor returns.

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What the Heck Is Hanukkah?

Entertainment / By Matt Meltzer

A brief history of an unimportant Jewish holiday. To many people in America, Hanukkah isn’t a holiday, it’s an Adam Sandler song. Sure, you might see a “Happy Hanukkah” sign draped behind the sea of red and green decorations at your local Walgreen’s. Or, maybe, spot one of those round, multi-pronged candlestick things in the

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Mossberg Adds Two New Turkey Shotguns

Hunting / By Hook & Barrel Pro Staff

Mossberg shotguns are synonymous with turkey hunting for a reason. They offer prominent sights for quick target acquisition, barrels and turkey chokes that provide tight, consistent patterning, and a variety of matte and camouflage finishes to match your terrain.

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Volcon ELECTRIC HUNTING BIKE

Gear / By Hook & Barrel Pro Staff

The freedom to ride. Meet the Volcon Grunt – Empowering Adventure. To truly explore the outdoors, you need to feel free of interruptions or distractions. You need a smooth, powerful, and practically noiseless ride to get to and from your spot in the woods.

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Be an outdoor hero … in town, too

Parker McCollum Is A Gold Chain Cowboy

10 Best Mother’s Day Gifts for Outdoorsy Mamas

Good Grub: Amazing Asian Seafood Dishes

Music Notes: HARDY (+ Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre), TIM MONTANA, LOCASH, GEORGE STRAIT, KOE WETZEL, DUSTIN LYNCH, LEVI HUMMON

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