Garrett Long

Shooting gear has massively improved in the past few years. From the guns themselves to cartridges, optics, bipods, tripods—you name it, you can mortgage a house to pay for the next best shooting rig. But even though I’m a big gear fan, I’ve come to realize that the world’s best equipment isn’t...

For the past several years, I’ve had the opportunity to try out a fair number of different scopes through competition, hunting, and helping the MeatEater crew dial in their kits. For those few scopes I haven’t used personally, I also have data points from folks who spend a lot of time behind a rifle...

The Element fellas are joined by MeatEater's own, Garrett Long, for some invasive feral hog hunting. To access some solid hog hunting ground, they must cross a flooded section of river by jon boat. After narrowly escaping disaster, the crew sneaks through some timber to locate a pile of pigs. In the...