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
EDIT (3/1/2017): Congrats to Dennis Lepak of Wisconsin, the winner of the giveaway!!! It’s giveaway time again here at SELFILMED! Prize: A FREE Carter Wise Choice 3 finger release, black in color! Winner will be announced on 3/1/2017 Click here to enter! Special thanks to Carter Enterprises! Want to stay up-to-date
The 2017 ATA show was perhaps one of my favorite to date. Aside from the unexpected, yet appreciated, warmer than usual temperatures, it seems as if there were more products that caught my attention than usual. The updates Spot Hogg made to their sight lines were incredible! Several boot manufacturers releasing Optifade
I can’t think of anything that gets gear freaks as worked up in the hunting world as the impending release of the new bows for the year. Whether you shoot a Mathews, Hoyt, Elite, Bowtech, whatever your brand of choice…there is always plenty of debate each and every year about who
Last year, the folks at HECS released their new High-Performance HECS Base Layer. Though it was new last year, the suit did not become available until much later in the year, and so it did not get as much exposure as it would had it been available sooner. This year,
Over the years we have grown accustomed to seeing the many great offerings from the HUNT. series of knives by Benchmade, but this year Benchmade elected not to release any new HUNT. knives. However, that did not mean Benchmade had nothing new to offer to its customers. From the Blue Class
Over the years, many Firenock customers have complained that the fit of their Firenock lighted nocks to their bowstring was to snug. As a result, Firenock set out to investigate any potential issues connected to these complaints. What they found out was that there was a lack of standards for
For 2017, Grim Reaper Broadheads has opted not to release any new broadheads. Instead, they have refocused their efforts into improving and strengthening their already awesome mechanical broadhead lineup. Starting with the blades; Grim Reaper has equipped their mechanical broadheads with a more durable blade that is also sharper than