Best New Hunting Products at Shot Show 2022

The Shot Show, an NSSF sponsored annual event, opened its doors for all hunters, sport and recreational firearm enthusiasts in 1979 in Saint Louis, Missouri. That year, around sixty-five visitors attended, but the numbers of visitors and vendors began to grow each year exponentially.

What started as a trade show to exhibit the latest shooting, hunting, and outdoor innovations, soon became a mecca for hunters and outdoor enthusiasts alike who continue to make the annual pilgrimage to view the best cutting-edge products on the market today.

While there are so many products to see, from concealed carry clothing to firearms, there are a few hunting products that you’ll want to make sure you see at the 2022 Shot Show.

Bone-Dry Shotgun and Rifle Case
Most hunters who properly care for their firearms have at least one time experienced the effects of trapped moisture in their gun cases. If you’ve ever stored your rifle or shotgun for a few months without use, you probably needed to break the weapon down and give it a thorough cleaning right out of the case.  

With a Shotgun and Rifle Case from Bone-Dry, your shotgun or rifle is immediately usable right out of the case. Bone-Dry offers an innovation in soft gun cases, making them with Absorbits material that effectively wicks the moisture for around one hundred dollars. According to the experts at Bone-Dry, you can store your rifle or shotgun in one of their cases for months at a time, and they’ll remain moisture-free.

Each Bone-Dry case features lockable, MIL-SPEC zipper slides, and the heavy-duty 800D nylon construction will withstand years of durable use. Hopefully, you’ll never experience a moment where your fully loaded gun case suffers total immersion in water, but rest easy, a gun case from Bone-Dry will float. Should that happen, remove your guns, and take a blow dryer to your Bone-Dry or leave it out in the sun until dry and ready to use.

Gear Keeper Bugle Tether
Finding the right Elk bugle at an affordable price for the big game Elk hunter is a considerable task. Even when you do, carrying one around on your hunting foray isn’t easy as well. That’s when you’ll want to look at Gear Keeper’s new application-specific Bugle Tether that allows you to focus on the hunt and not all the gear you’re carrying.

The Bugle Tether from Gear Keeper features a connection cord, not a cable, and multiple attachment options to keep your favorite bugle or call close at hand without having to pack and unpack it or accidentally lose it. The Bugle Tether from Gear Keeper also features a rubber stopper and quick-disconnect options for added versatility and use in the field.

TacRig Holsters
If you’re a hunter who prefers pistol hunting, having the proper holster that’s guaranteed to keep that pistol in place as you stalk your prey in deep thickets or woods makes the difference in providing you with a fantastic hunting experience. One of the best and newest entries on the holster market is a flexible and highly comfortable holster from TacRig.  

The modular design of the TacRig holster allows you to change your carry gun on the fly, and the FLEX line of the holsters from TacRig can be configured for inside waistband wear or outside the waistband with unlimited optic mounting configurations and dual-sided trigger protection.  

TacRig features this line of holsters to restrict access to the trigger from either the front or back of the holster, and the Boltron shell also means you can move your pistol wherever you travel. An essential aspect of this wearability is that a pistol hunter won’t need to draw and reholster during transfer or regular use of your pistol.

Competitively priced at under one hundred and seventy dollars, be sure to look at this pistol holster from TacRig when you’re at the 2022 Shot Show.

Savage 64 Precision FDE
While at the Shot Show, you’ll see plenty of handguns, shotguns, and semi-automatic rifles, but if you’re a rimfire lover, the new Savage 64 Precision in flat dark earth finish makes an excellent all-purpose rimfire semi-automatic rifle.

The Savage 64 rimfire rifle has always been preferred among competitive match shooters and hunters alike because they are lightweight, affordable, and highly accurate. At the 2022 Shot Show, Savage introduces their latest technology in a lightweight 64 Series that sports a fully synthetic chassis and M-LOK slots that accommodate quick-mount accessories such as sling mounts, bipods, and accessory rails.

Although the new Savage 64 satisfies even the most stringent needs of a competitive shooter, the improvements Savage includes in their latest addition to the Savage 64 line make it one of the best rimfire hunting rifles to come along this year.

Trijicon REAP-IR Mini Thermal Riflescope
For over forty years, Trijicon has been offering customers the very best optical systems used by hunters, competition, and recreational shooters across the country. During the 2022 Shot Show, be sure to stop by the Trijicon exhibit and look at the Trijicon REAP infrared thermal riflescopes.  

Trijicon features innovations such as a waterproof thumb stick controller for ease of operation. The REAP thermal scopes also feature the ability to swap between MRAD, MOA, .308 Winchester, .223 Remington, and even .300 BLK bullet drop reticles which make them a fantastic choice.

These REAP-IR scopes mount quickly even in complete darkness using Trijicon’s Q-LOC mounting system. Trijicon built the REAP thermal optic system with a 640×480 thermal sensor and 12-micron technology that is guaranteed to provide you with clear images and all the detail you need to acquire a target rapidly.