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Calvin Bueltel

Build your own bow shooting stand

It’s almost time for deer season, so you’ve been shooting your bow every chance you get… right?  You are probably tired of laying your high-priced bow on the ground when you retrieve your arrows.  Perhaps you dislike leaning over to pick up your next arrow after every shot.  Or maybe

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Rich Peace

Public Land Hunting and Strategy – Part 1

Killing a mature whitetail is no easy task. As they grow past their adolescent years, reaching 4, 5, even 6 years old, it seems as if a whitetail’s senses become so heightened that they almost develop the ability to detect a hunter the minute they walk into the woods. Yet,

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Brett Bueltel

2019 Ohio Opening Day Gobbler – Brett Bueltel

Opening day for the 2019 Ohio wild turkey spring season was finally here.  I had prepped well before season again this year and had “that” feeling when I woke up on the morning of April 22nd.  I was not dissapointed. Preseason Prep I’ve found that my preseason preparations have had

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S&S Archery Backcountry CL trekking poles
Brett Bueltel

S&S Archery CL Backcountry Trekking Poles

While preparing for my first elk hunt several years ago, I had compiled several different gear lists I had found online to try and determine exactly what I would need for a week long elk hunt.  One item that had made several of the lists, but not all, was trekking poles. 

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Rich Peace

2019 Texas Rio Wild Turkey – Rich Peace

I have been working on completing my NWTF Slam with a bow for several years now, and I’ve been fortunate enough to take quite a few Eastern Turkeys, as well as four Merriam’s. So when my wife asked me if I’d like to go to Texas this spring to visit

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SELFILMED

Dave Smith Decoys – Jake Strutter Decoy Giveaway

Dave Smith Decoys expanded on their turkey decoy line this year by adding the new Jake Strutter decoy.  You can read more about the new decoy in our 2019 National Wild Turkey Federation Convention coverage, HERE.    We have teamed up with our good friends at Dave Smith Decoys and we

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Rich Peace

Shed Hunting Tips

Shed hunting has become wildly popular over the last few years. I remember when I first started looking for antlers, I had no idea what I was doing, but I also remember that I rarely ever ran into another shed hunter in the woods. Today, I often cross paths with

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Rich Peace

2019 NWTF Convention – HECS

It is easy as a hunter to think that there is no other group of individuals who seek the ability to get close to animals more than us, but that is simply not the case. From wildlife photographers to biologists, more and more people are looking to use the gear

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Rich Peace

2019 NWTF Convention – Dave Smith Decoys

Over the years, Dave Smith Decoys have released some truly amazing decoys. Through countless hours in the field, studying the birds they seek to imitate, the folks at DSD have without question taken decoy realism to the next level. As if that dedication to design and development was not enough,

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Calvin Bueltel

2019 ATA Show – Firenock

In typical fashion, Dorge had several new patents and new products for 2019.  Despite my engineering degree, a lot of the science around Dorge’s products goes way over my head – at least during his first explanation or two.  One system of his that caught my attention was his AeroConcept

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Rich Peace

2019 ATA Show – TightSpot Quivers

New for 2019, TightSpot Quivers introduces the TightSpot Rise. The Rise is the latest offering in an already versatile lineup of quivers with a specific goal to meet the needs of the treestand hunter. The Rise is built with the same narrow design that makes all TightSpot quivers perfect for

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