One of my favorite things to do as the seasons approach and the hunt preparations begin is to look through gear lists on forums like Rokslide and Archery Talk. It’s so fun to see what other “kits” look like and is also a great way to get new ideas for gear junkies like
The start of elk archery season is just around the corner in many western states. This has many eager hunters vigorously exercising, shooting their bow and pulling out the prior year’s gear in anticipation of that first bugle. While some folks are interested in the newest gadgets, the latest camo patterns, or one
These days it is hard to make a trip to your local sporting good store without at least passing by a whole display of brand new trail cameras. There are white flash, infrared, black flash, camouflage cams, brown cams, you name it. The field is constantly changing with cameras getting less expensive, much
We as bowhunters are always researching the latest and greatest equipment. Anything we can do or buy that could potentially increase our odds at harvesting the trophy of our dreams gets evaluated each off-season. There are many ways to decrease your group size however one of the often overlooked variables
With spring turkey season well underway in many parts of the country, most social media feeds are blowing-up with pictures of big birds, long beards and lengthy spurs. How do these folks manage to get such magnificent birds? While there are no magic recipes for bagging a wary old tom,
As winter gives way to spring, and the emergence of fresh new life dominates the countryside, I find it impossible to keep my mind off the upcoming turkey season. My thoughts are constantly drifting back and forth between successful hunts, and others that, let’s just say, didn’t go so well
As mother nature slowly but surely loosens its grip on us here in the Midwest, there is no better time to be out scouting for whitetails to help increase your odds of success this coming fall. I’ve found some of the best times to be out scouting begins immediately after
Let me bring light to probably one of the clearest cut and understandable struggles of selfilming, packing all your gear in! We as SELFILMers take pride in capturing top-notch footage of each hunt, not just for the fact of producing good Hunt Vids but creating a digital copy of the
I’m sure it has happened to you a time or two before. You are walking down the aisle at your favorite store and something just happens to catch your eye. That is exactly what happened to me as I walked down the aisles of the NWTF Convention in Nashville last
There is only one thing better than putting a shiny new Grim Reaper mechanical broadhead on the end of your hunting arrow; Putting said broadhead through your intended target! But after you have used your broadhead in the field, what is next? Compared to some of the gear we buy
As a left-handed hunter, you learn to be patient well before ever hitting the woods. A left-handed hunter is definitely a minority in the hunting industry. If I want a new flagship bow for example, I can guarantee you that it will be 6-8 months after my buddies (right-handed) receive their bow before a lefty
If you have spent any amount of time in the stand on a cold and frigid morning, you already know how everything seems to squeak, creak, or rattle at some point. A misstep on your stand, a small shift in weight on your Huntmore chair, or even your jacket brushing