“cell phones”

Prepping for that African safari? Here's a look at the gear you'll need.

The American Hunter staff hunts. Plain and simple. And like all hunters, we put faith in the gear we use to get into the mountains, to hike all day and to venture into freezing waters and push through driving rain. We expect our gear to do what it was made to do, to hold up to the beating we give it, time and time again. This collection is a reflection of that. First up: the upland hunter.

Roaring lions, monster crocs, blood-sucking leeches and some bush-league solutions to get out of a jam are all part of being stuck in Africa.

Nowadays, you’d be hard pressed to find a hunter unfamiliar with game cameras, if not their use. Like the rise of cell phones among our ranks, serious hunters don’t remember what they did without them.

The question: If you were limited to three pieces of "gear," just what would you deem most important?

Now when your friends bust you on the phone in the duck blind, you can claim waterfowl-related research. Here are two apps that Kyle Wintersteen would recommend to any waterfowler.

No matter how prepared you may be, there's always a chance for disaster when in the field. Should that time come, you'll want to be equipped for survival.