Black Friday not only day to do shopping anymore

It’s not just Black Friday anymore. Now, the selling holidays have been added in Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday as well.

Shopping time for my wife and I begins this weekend. If you need some suggestions for the hunters, fishermen and outdoorsmen in your life, here are a few suggestions from the magazines, Field and Stream and Outdoor Life: Duke Cannon Supply Company Big Ass Gun Smoke Brick of Soap — As an outdoorsman, you trudge through the woods and hike across the horizon in search of your next conquest. All that effort requires Duke Cannon Supply Company Big Ass Gun Smoke Brick of Soap, which is a soap that can whoop your personal hygiene back into shape. Pick it up, clean away the blood, sweat and dust, and you’re left with cleanliness and manly smells, like smoked wood, bourbon vanilla and charred leather. Weighing in at 10 ounces, this bar of man soap from Duke Cannon is approximately three times bigger than a regular bar of soap. Whoops your personal hygiene back into shape. Scented soap makes you smell like a man. Hints of smoked wood, bourbon vanilla and charred leather. Approximately three times bigger than regular soap. The cost is $10.

WoodHaven Custom Calls Cluck ‘n Purr Pot — A new take on the standard slate friction turkey call, the Cluck ‘n Purr Pot from WoodHaven Custom Calls helps you bring more birds into range. Designed by WoodHaven Sting Team member Sadler McGraw, the Cluck ‘n Purr utilizes a unique two-pot system. This design creates a baffled air chamber inside the call that helps you realistically reproduce the throaty tones of the wild turkey. A great call for quiet toms that have heard all the standard calls, the Cluck ‘n Purr makes a smart addition to your calling arsenal. The cost is $50.

Best Fish Filet Knife: Bubba Multi-Flex Interchangeable Set — With this set of filet knives, you can switch blade lengths and flex characteristics to match the edge to the fish so you’ll leave less meat on the bone. Bubba’s interchangeable knife set comes with four different full-tang blades that lock into the common handle. Ranging from a tapered flex seveninch blade to a stiff nine-inch blade, the set covers the gamut from farm-pond bluegill to honker redfish. The entire set comes in a carry satchel with a magnetic insert that keeps the blades secure. The cost is $90.

Streamlight Wedge SLIM Everyday Carry Flashlight — Like a pocket knife, flashlights get used year round for hunters. From finding the way to a hunting spot to taking the dogs for a walk, hunters use flashlights year round. One of the best flashlights for everyday carry is the Streamlight Wedge. It has a slim profile for carrying in a pocket. It’s extremely bright, and it’s rechargeable. It’s everything a hunter needs in a good flashlight. The cost is $100.

Best Daypack: Mystery Ranch Mule — Most hunters need a pack of some kind, and few of us have one that actually fits our needs. This year, spend a little extra, and give the hunter in your life a pack that will not only last a long time, but to will also be comfortable no matter how tough the hunt gets. In Outdoor Life’s “best hunting backpacks,” gear testers recommend Mystery Ranch Mule pack for its value and versatility. One tester reported that the pack is “perfect for packing everything I need for the treestand or hunting from the ground.” It isn’t overly bulky, but it expands to meet the needs of a hunter headed out or one headed back packing out an animal. Straps also allow someone to carry a bow or rifle on their back. It comes in three colors. The cost is $150.

Best Rifle Case: Pelican V770 Vault Single Rifle Case — Pelican brings all of its nearly 50 years of casebuilding to a price-point solution in the Vault series. The high-impact polymer shell is crushproof and has four push-button latches and two 5/16-inch padlock holes for safekeeping and air travel. The V770 interior tapes at 50 inches by 10 inches by six inches, so it’s long enough for magnum rifles and most standard shotguns. It comes with five layers of protective foam, so it’s a snap to custom cut a gun-cradling fit for your specific firearm. The cost is $170.

Those are just a few of the suggestions I have seen for this holiday season. I hope to find a few items underneath my Christmas tree.

John Kilgore is the former Greenleaf State Park manager. He can be reached by e-mailing him at jkilgoreoutdoors@yahoo.com.