Hey, I'm Derek with weBoost.
Today I'm here with Nick and Steve
from the Arizona Elk Society.
And we're going to show you some awesome gadgets
for your next hunting trip.
All right.
I'm Steve Clark.
I'm the executive director of the Arizona Elk Society,
and today, we're up in northern Arizona
getting ready for an elk hunt.
This archery elk season starts this Friday.
And Nick and I both have tags, and so we're going
to be out there hunting elk.
We brought some gadgets with us, some
gear that we use that we believe in.
We thought we'd show you some of the things
that we like to use out in the woods.
Hey, how's it going?
I'm Nick Swanson.
I'm with the Arizona Elk Society Hunts for Heroes Program.
And today, I'm going to talk to you guys
about some advances in GPS.
Historically, I've always just carried a big GPS unit.
And now with the advancements with the smartphone,
I'm going to use an app.
I use onX Hunt Maps.
And the way it works is you can download your maps via Wi-Fi.
And then when you get out to the field,
you put it on offline mode and put your phone
on airplane mode.
It saves your battery.
But your map's saved, and your GPS unit is running internally
in your phone.
And you can use that.
It has topo, satellite, and a hybrid feature.
But the coolest part about this is that it really adds layers,
so it really shows you where private property
is, federal property, state property, and the game units.
So you know exactly where your boundaries
are when you're hunting.
And since we're partnered up with weBoost,
if we decide to move areas within the game unit
and try something else, we can easily download a new map
through the cell data on the weBoost
that we have in the trunk.
How many times have you been in the woods
and can't get cell service or don't get enough service
that you can't get data on your phone, download your onX map,
call your wife at home?
We partnered up this year with weBoost.
This is one of their new boosters, their cell phone
boosters.
They have cell phone boosters that
go in your RV, cell phone boosters that go in your cars.
Permanent, you can mount them in,
or this is a really, really good one for taking on the road
if you have different vehicles.
Real simple to use.
Basically, you have a cradle that your phone slips in.
And it's made to fit a lot of different phones,
maybe even a couple small of the iPads and things like that.
You put an antenna on top of your truck
that has a wire or your car, whatever you are using.
And you pop out the amplifier and just set it,
plug it all in, and everything just works from there.
And I've been using Wilson and weBoost products
for about 10 years now, and I can guarantee you
that they work.
We do a lot of work projects in the woods, and usually somebody
that's with us will have one.
And everybody comes around the vehicles to use them.
Very handy if you're in the woods.
Great for emergencies.
If you need data, if you own a small business
and you need to get e-mails and things like that,
you've got to have one of these.
So this year, I'll be hunting a lot of waterholes,
setting up some blinds.
And any time I get around water, I immediately
think about mosquitoes.
So I have my Thermacell with me.
I think this is probably one of the handiest insect
and pest repellents on the market.
It doesn't have a scent.
It covers your whole area.
You don't have to worry about where you've applied it as
long as you have it with you.
So if you're hunting out east, doing whitetail this year,
and you're up doing tree stands or sitting in box vines
or whatever you're going to do, I strongly
suggest getting a Thermacell.
If you're coming out west, I would
have because, depending on where you're at,
there's a lot of wallows, a lot of water,
and that's where [INAUDIBLE] because that's
what they're trying to find.
And it just allows you to sit there
without worrying about making any movements
and being comfortable for the time that you're out there.
We're on an archery hunt and, obviously, archery targets.
You've got to have a targeting camp.
This is a brand new target made by Block for Cabela's.
Very easy to pull arrows out of.
It stops arrows from crossbows, regular bows,
it's good for broad heads.
It's pretty much the new all-around target.
It's going to work really good, and we're a little bit excited
about sight-in, when you check in our bows,
and getting ready for this hunt.
So we'll be shooting this here in a few minutes,
and maybe show you how easy it is to pull some of the arrows
out.
We're in a pretty good-sized camp.
We're not doing the backpacking-type hunt.
We have a sizable social camp that we're hanging out in.
So we're doing a lot of daypacks,
and so I got with ALPS Outdoorz.
And this is the Traverse X. It's a daypack.
And when you look online, you see
a lot of videos about the guys who
are doing the lightweight backpacking.
I know a lot of people covered the daypacks.
Now this is probably one of the better daypacks
that are out on the market.
It's internal frame has a large compartment
for a lot of your gear that you just
don't really need to get at.
So I keep a first aid kit, survival kit, kill kit,
and my rain jacket on top.
And then anything that I'll need,
headlamps, or quick access to, snacks,
keep it in this small center pouch.
Where this pack really excels is it
has two optics packs on the sides that are felt lined.
So you put your spotting scopes and your tripods through here,
or you can mount your tripods to the side and that way it's all
contained.
But you don't have to open up your pack,
or do the bungee cord method to get at your stuff.
It's got a pretty rigid waist belt, which I like,
with two pockets.
Great for your GPS or your phone.
I keep calls in one and my phone in the other.
And then I carry a three liter Platypus hydration glider.
And then, like many of the Alps products, right off the bat,
we've had to already deal with rain
and just been here a little bit.
Comes with a rain flap included, and it's secured
and tethered to the pack.
Then you have your meat hauler.
So after you quarter your animal,
it's got a flap that comes over, and it connects
to the top of your pack.
And you're able to secure your meat or your antlers.
And the thing I like about it is it does
have orange stitched in so that way other hunters easily
identify you while you're hauling out your meat.
And then lastly, there is the weapons sling.
You could do a rifle butt or the [INAUDIBLE] bow.
I'll be using a crossbow this week,
so I'll put my crossbow in here and strap it in real tight,
condenses real nice and small.
And I'll be able to keep it light.
All right, obviously, once you get an elk down,
you're going to be doing a lot of cutting.
And one of the newest items that we
have at the Arizona Elk Society is the outdoor edge knife.
It's a replaceable scalpel blade.
It's actually called the Onyx EDC Knife.
Really easy to use, very, very sharp.
I'm really excited about this one.
It's got a very tough blade in it that
should take a lot of abuse.
It's very easy to change the blade.
You just push the button and pull the blade.
That's it.
And you slide it right back in, and that's it.
A lot safer than some of the other knives out there.
You know that one of the benefits of these knives
is that they are scalpel blades.
They're very, very sharp.
Scalpel like a hospital scalpel.
And being sharp like that, it makes
it a lot easier to cut through the hide and some
of the other things.
And they last a lot longer than a regular knife.
They take a lot more abuse.
You don't want to twist things with them,
but because they're sharp, you can usually do one or two elk
with the same knife.
And if something does happen, like I showed earlier,
it's very easy to switch out a blade.
Please be careful, and don't lay your blades on the ground.
Put them in something, and put them away
if you're discarding them.
Sound of this call.
It's a cow elk call.
And the sound is just phenomenal.
I've been calling elk for about 20 years now.
I actually specialize in calling elk, rather than running them
down.
And this sound, to me, is the best cow sound
I've ever heard out of a latex call.
I will demonstrate.
There's a couple of different ways you can use.
It's a wooden call, which makes it sound a lot better
than a tinny plastic call.
And you can blow in it.
Or you can put it in your mouth, and make that sound.
Especially as bow-hunter, I can't have my hands up.
I got my hands full of archery equipment.
So I use it by putting it in my mouth.
I feel this is one of the best calls on the market today.
And I think you guys will love this call.
For more information on the Arizona Elk Society,
please visit us at www.arizonaelksociety.org.
For more information on the Hunt for Heroes Program,
check us out on the Arizona Elk Society web page.
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