15 Clutter Free Gifts for the Active Outdoorsman

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Do you have a person in your life who enjoys nature, hunting, fishing, or adventuring to new outdoor places? This list of 15 clutter free gifts for the active outdoorsman will give you the perfect idea on any budget.

Side Note: This list is applicable for any gender. For SEO purposes I chose to title it “outdoorsman” referring to either gender.

If you’re looking to create less clutter this holiday season, consider buying experiences, service gifts, or consumables instead of more things for the active adventurer in your life. Having less stuff encourages anyone to get outside more. Don’t gift more clutter. Instead try one of these three types of gifts and scroll down for the 15 clutter free gifts for the active outdoorsman.

Service Gifts

Services gifts are great, especially if you’re looking to stick to a budget. Service gifts can be provided by your own skills, or bought. For example, if you happen to be a great cook, preparing food would be a great service to provide.

Consumable Gifts

Consumable gifts are any gifts that will be consumed. These type of gifts include coffee, beer, wine etc. These gifts are great to give because the receiver will not need to find a space to store in their own home, as they are consumed quickly. Plus, many consumables are meant to be shared with family and friends.

Experience Gifts

Experience gifts are anything that the receiver can experience. For example giving someone coffee is a consumable, but taking him to his favorite coffee shop turns the gift into an experience. Experience gifts do not create clutter, or excess waste, and the receiver gets to create a new memory from the shared or solo experience.

15 Clutter Free Gifts for the Active Outdoorsman

This list of 15 clutter free gifts for the active outdoorsman is roughly organized from least expensive to most expensive. Depending on your budget, you can find the perfect gift idea for the man or woman in your life who seeks outdoor adventure. See “expert tips” for creative ways to fit the gift into your price range, or make it even more thoughtful and unique.

1. Meal Prep for an Outdoor Adventure

A great meal prep, or prepared freezer meals could be an awesome gift to help him/her rush out the door to the next hunt. Here are a few ideas on how to prepare food ahead of time for a camping or hunting trip.

Expert Tip: Decide on a week, or day that this service will be provided. This way the receiver can anticipate pre-made meals for the next trip.

Another option instead of food prepping the whole trip is to buy consumables perfect for hiking. These include quick access high calorie snacks like trail mix, cliff bars, peanut butter, dried fruit, and even favorite candy bars.

2.Weekend of Evening Childcare

If the outdoorsman or woman in your life is a parent, offering childcare in the evening or on a weekend could allow for a quick escape to the mountain, or river bank.

Expert tip: Decide on a date, or a repeat service so the parent can anticipate the time to relax. If you are the spouse, do the life admin task of arranging childcare. This too, is a gift. Plus, it allows the both of you to escape to the wilderness together.

3.Water Purification Tablets

These would be used to purify questionable water while on a hiking or hunting trip. An extremely practical and useful gift for any outdoorsman.

4.Hand and Foot Warmers

These can be found locally in many stores, and are put directly into mittens or boots to keep warm during ice fishing, hunting, or any cool weather outdoor activity.

5.Survival Kit

You can either purchase a small pocket survival kit, or easily make one as a gift. Check out this post on what items to include and how to make it yourself.

6.Waterproofing Consumables

Mink Oil or Sno Seal can be found easily on Amazon or locally in a hardware store. These will keep the feet dry and toasty, instead of wet and cold.

7.Coffee/Beer/Wine/Spirit

Giving the consumable gift of their favorite hot or cold drink is practical as well as thoughtful.

Expert Tip: Pair this gift with hand warmers for an early morning coffee as the sun comes up, or a late libation as the sun sets.

8.Donation to TRCP

Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership is a nonprofit group specializing in preserving land for hunters and fishers. This donation would support the cause for federally funded land in the U.S.

Expert Tip: Make the donation in the receiver’s name.

9.Membership to Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation

This group helps conserve land specifically for elk hunting and their habitat. Membership fees vary based on budget available, which includes invitations to local events, subscription to Bugle, tax deductions, and discounted products and services. You can also just donate to the foundation, if the receiver is already a member.

Expert Tip: make the donation in the receiver’s name.

10.High Quality Meats

If a hunter comes home empty handed, a nice salmon, or steak dinner to grill would make any night better. Consider buying local and organic, or directly from another hunter who had a bit better luck. 😉

11.Membership to OnX Maps

This is a membership to a hiking, hunting, fishing, and camping app. The app shows public and private land through maps on your cell phone. The maps can be saved and used when offline in the wilderness.

12.Tickets to a Sportsman Show

Purchase tickets in advance for the next sportsman show in your area.

13.Lessons

Perhaps the outdoorsman or woman in your life would love to learn how to fly fish, paint a sunset, or learn to play the guitar next to the campfire? Choose lessons based on their interests.

Expert Tip: Take the life admin task out of the way and schedule the lessons based on his/her availability.

14.Fishing Charter Trip

Although a bit more expensive, scheduling a fishing charter with friends could make for some great memories.

Expert Tip: If an entire charter is too expensive, see if any friends would pay for their own seat if you organized and booked the charter.

15.Guided Hunting Trip

A guided hunting trip can be a trip of a lifetime. This would definitely be a splurge gift, but could be budgeted for and shared with a close friend.

Expert Tip: If guided hunting trips are too expensive, consider arranging for a hunting trip in a different state. These can be just as exciting, but without the expensive cost of the guide.

Final Thoughts on 15 Clutter Free Gifts for the Active Outdoorsman

These gifts can be just as thoughtful and rewarding to give, but also won’t create clutter, which tethers us inside. Instead choose 15 clutter free gifts for the active outdoorsman or woman to encourage seeking experiences over stuff. It just might lead you to your next adventure!

You might also find these lists helpful: 20 Clutter Free Gifts for Women, and Simplify Gift Giving for Children.

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Maria Halcumb is a teacher, reading specialist, and mother. You can find her reading books, being in nature, minimizing her life, and spending time with family and friends in the great PNW.