OutdoorsBest started as a passion for long range shooting and turned into a collaboration of like-minded people who want nothing more to share their knowledge and experience with those interested in the hobby.
We found early on that many shooters were familiar with firearms but few were well versed in optics technology. By following the market and the advances in optics production, we were able to fill that niche.
With decades of experience behind the scope in hunting and target shooting around the country, we wanted to bring what we know to the table and share it so that others could learn from our success and failures. We want to take what we know and apply it in a way that not only helps other shooters become more accurate but also gives new shooters what they need to get the accuracy we all strive for.
Having grown up around firearms and hunting in various environments, we had the opportunity that most people don’t. We got to develop our skills from an early age and make our mistakes while we were young. The modern shooting market makes that much more expensive. If we can save one person from making one bad decision on an optic or rifle purchase, we are a success.
Mostly, we are very glad you stopped by. Hopefully, you found what you are looking for here. We would love to hear your feedback to improve our site and provide a better service to the shooting community.
It can sometimes be hard to put into words the skills it takes years to develop. If you have questions or comments about an article, reach out to us! We want to know what you think and we want to make our site better!
The Team
Contributing Writers
Geoffrey Guy
Geoff has a background in professional game and deer management, he has put his years of experience to good use and now lectures at Hartpury College, one of the UK’s leading providers of land based education. He specialises in training game and wildlife managers who will go on to work in professional game management, conservation and other outdoor professions. He has been teaching at colleges for eight years and in that time has worked at some of the most prestigious land based colleges in Britain.
He has also worked in lead instructor roles at outdoor education centres and as manager of outdoor centres in Norfolk and Scotland and has also operated his own bushcraft and survival skills training companies for many years. He specialises in providing training in bushcraft, survival skills, wild food, and woodcraft.
Eric Patton
Eric has been an avid hunter and outdoorsman since his childhood in Appalachia. Having spent the majority of his time in various outdoor activities in many regions of the U.S. he has gained an appreciation and insight for the challenges of hunting different environments and game animals.
He is an avid archer, fisherman, hunter, and gun enthusiast. Currently he devotes most of his time to education for young hunters and teaching outdoor skills for local scout troops and Search and Rescue orginizations.
McKinley Downing
Mckinley is an avid shooter & firearms instructor. He shoots, hunts and is a patriot in the sense that he enjoys pissing off gun grabbers and an anti-hunters. He has worked with and around firearms for several years, and enjoys talking to anyone interested in learning more about firearms and their 2nd Amendment rights.
Mark Grimsley
Mark Grimsley is a former U.S. Army Officer that started his career as an enlisted Abrams crewman. He has served in 3 overseas tours that include Korea in 2002, Iraq in 2003 as a tank gunner and Afghanistan in 2010-11 as a logistics officer. He completed numerous schools in the Army to include Air Assault and Airborne. Currently, Mark is an Army spouse and enjoys running a YouTube channel
Eric Jezierski
Eric is a former paratrooper and current Army officer with over 15 years of combined military service. He has combat deployments to Bosnia and Afghanistan. He is was trained as an Army Small Arms Weapons Expert in 2006 and has trained at the Mid-South Shooting Academy. He enjoys sharing his knowledge and experience with he firearms community, and can be found at themilspecguy.com.
Founder
Wesley Arnett
Welcome to my website! I am Wesley Arnett, I have been an avid shooter and outdoorsman for the entirety of my life. I have hunted every state east of the Mississippi and a great deal of the states in the North West.
I created this website and I appreciate you stopping by. Hopefully the information contained here has been of some use to you. We publish articles frequently, pop back in from time to time to see what’s new!
