Hunting has always held a special place in my heart, and it is a big part of who I am today. While I love hunting simply for what it is, I have to admit that a growing interest in modern gear has taken my passion for hunting to a whole
If you have read my previous article on wireless trail cameras (Link Here), you’ll know I’m a huge advocate for them. This year I got my hands on the 2017 version of Covert’s most popular wireless camera model, the Code Black 12.1. From the outside, this camera looks almost exactly identical
As fall quickly approaches, most, if not all of us are dreaming of killing that big buck we’ve been chasing. Some of us will be successful, most will not. In fact, statistics show, we are more likely to experience a fall from a treestand in our lifetime than we are
I have been shooting Carter releases for years. Often I am asked, why don’t you try Brand X, or have you ever shot Brand Y? And in truth, I have. It’s been a few years, but there was a short period of time that I tried several different release manufacturers.
After having success at Dad’s farm in Indiana on April 28th, I was eager to get home and see if I could end my Ohio Turkey drought. It had been 3 years since I had last tagged a bird in my home state, and I had no intention of going another year without
It was Friday, April 28th. My wife and I had just made it back from our last vacation as a family of two a couple of days prior, and the Ohio turkey season was already underway. My wife was, at the time, 33 weeks pregnant with our first child, and I
I’ve spent a lot of time sitting in a blind over the past several years. A majority of that time has been spent in one of the original Double Bull Matrix 360 blinds, the Dark Horse or one of the newer Deluxe blinds. For bowhunting, I have a strong preference for
Last year, for the first time since 2002, I failed to kill a turkey. I still managed to have some enjoyable, even exciting hunts, but the sting of failure has sat with me for the last 12 months. I knew leading into the 2017 turkey season, there was going to
This story begins way back in 1998, when I started my so-called turkey hunting “career”. My parents had recently purchased a beautiful slice of heaven, 160 acres in Southern Indiana. I remember renting a VHS tape about turkey hunting from our local movie rental store in Huntingburg, Indiana. A quick trip
Calvin’s 2017 success story for his first-ever Osceola turkey!
Winning Entry: John Steinhauer! It’s Giveaway time again! Prize: A FREE DSD Breeding Pair! (includes DSD Jake and DSD Submissive Hen) Retail Value of $259.95 Winner will be announced on 3/31/2017 Special thanks to folks at Dave Smith Decoys! Want to stay up-to-date on what’s happening on the SELFILMED Blog and be the first to