Community members will get exclusive access to raffles at the end of each product review for the products reviewed. These are incredibly high-odds raffles with very few tickets sold. Only members of the community will be able to participate. In addition to this, lifetime members will be entered into a draw every month for premium hunting gear products.

Each new review series will start off with a community vote on what category of gear is currently most important to the members. Is it spotting scopes? Sleeping bags? Boots? As a member of the community, you get to decide. Once the category has been decided upon we will vote on specific products within that category and the top selections will be put through our rigorous testing process.

Not only will you get to help decide which elements of products we test and how we execute that testing but as Mindful Reviews grows the plan is to buy multiple versions of the same product and send them to members to help add a more diverse opinion set to the final review.

There are forums where members can post specific questions about gear and hunts, and I will give you direct feedback as to what I would do given my experience. As the community grows member-to-member communication and advice will be one of the most valuable aspects of membership.

After the success of the backcountry meal planning guidebook, the plan is to release a series of guidebooks focused on all the different elements of backcountry hunting. As community members, you will receive first access to these books.