Affiliate Disclosure

Short version: Some links on Country Trailhead are affiliate links. If you click one and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission — at no extra cost to you. This helps keep the site free. We only recommend gear we genuinely believe is a good fit.

What Is an Affiliate Link?

An affiliate link is a specially tracked URL that records when a visitor arrives at a retailer's website from our site. If you make a purchase after clicking one of these links, the retailer pays us a small referral commission. The price you pay is exactly the same whether you use our link or navigate to the retailer directly — you never pay more because of our affiliate relationship.

Our Affiliate Partners

Country Trailhead participates in affiliate programs with retailers including:

• Amazon Associates — We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
• Outdoor and firearms retailers — including guns.com and other outdoor/hunting/fishing gear retailers, where we participate in their respective affiliate programs.

Our Editorial Integrity

Affiliate relationships never influence our recommendations. Every gear recommendation — whether from a wizard result or a guide — is chosen because we believe it provides genuine value to our readers. The presence or absence of an affiliate relationship has no bearing on whether a product appears on our site or how it is described.

Our goal is to be a genuinely useful resource for hunters, anglers, and outdoorspeople. Recommending bad gear just to earn a commission would undermine that goal — so we don't.

FTC Compliance

This disclosure is made in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's guidelines concerning the use of endorsements and testimonials in advertising (16 CFR Part 255). Per FTC requirements, we clearly disclose our affiliate relationships so that readers can make informed decisions.

Questions?

If you have any questions about our affiliate relationships or how we choose gear to recommend, please get in touch.