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Calvin Bueltel

2018 ATA Show – Quality Archery Designs (QAD) and Optifade Camo

I’ve always loved an all black bow setup so finding accessories was never very difficult for me.  However, new and extremely effective patterns (such as the Gore Optifade patterns utilized with Sitka Gear) began to pop up over the past several years.  These Gore Optifade patterns used to be only available

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Calvin Bueltel

2018 ATA Show – Firenock AeroStab

In his typical fashion, Dorge at Firenock had numerous breakthrough products to display at this year’s ATA show.   The one that immediately caught my attention was an extreme example of infinite configurations; His new AeroStab titanium stabilizer system. Yes, that’s right, I said titanium.  I could probably stop there when

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Calvin Bueltel

2018 ATA Show – Carter Enterprises Evolution Too

Carter Enterprises showcased another cutting-edge release-aid design at this year’s ATA show; the revolutionary three and four-finger Piston Resistance activated Evolution Too. Having personally never shot a resistance activated release prior to the show, I was understandably hesitant.  I know they are completely different shooting methods, but I’ve seen first

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Calvin Bueltel

2018 ATA Show – Benchmade Knife Company

Benchmade released several exciting, new knives in their Hunt lineup this year at the 2018 ATA Show.  Some were improvements on fan-favorites, while others were hybrids to fill gaps between existing platforms.  My two favorite were the skeletonized knives, the 152000RG Altitude and 15200DLC Altitude. At 1.67oz, these were destined

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Calvin Bueltel

2018 ATA Show – Spot Hogg

Last year, Spot Hogg saw demand for the Fast Eddie and Fast Eddie XL  soar through the roof. In fact, demand was so great, it was difficult for them to stay caught up on the manufacturing side. In light of this, Spot Hogg opted to focus on improving production capacity

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Calvin Bueltel

2018 ATA Show – Grim Reaper Broadheads

Grim Reaper focused their R&D efforts on addressing customer feedback and suggestions that have come up over the last year.   If you’ve shot their broadheads in the past, you’ll know that they fly like a field point and open up with some of the widest linear cutting surfaces available.  Designed

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Calvin Bueltel

2018 ATA Show – Sitka Gear APEX Series

Every year Sitka Gear seems to raise the bar for the competition and this year did not disappoint.  In addition to their new Early Season Whitetail (ESW) system, Sitka’s Big Game release – the new Sitka Gear Apex Series – is sure to be a hit in 2018. Sitka Gear Apex Series

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Calvin Bueltel

2018 ATA Show – TightSpot Quivers

For years TightSpot has been the leader in the industry for bowhunting quivers.  Not only are they an extremely durable/rock solid quiver, they are adjustable to fit all sizes of arrows and easy to remove if you like to shoot without a quiver on your bow.  For 2018, TightSpot focused

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Rich Peace

2018 ATA Show Coverage

For the 2018 ATA Show, the SELFILMED crew will be back on site in Indianapolis.  As always, we will do our best to bring you semi-live show coverage featuring the latest and greatest products to hit the market for the upcoming hunting season.  As in the past, we invite you

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SELFILMED

2018 Grim Reaper Broadheads Giveaway!

In celebration of ATA week, we are giving away more free stuff!  We are going to draw two winners randomly between all entries we get on Instagram and Facebook.  Each winner will have their choice of (1) pack of 100 grain Carni-Four or (1) pack of 100 grain Whitetail Special

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SELFILMED

2017 Carter Enterprises Release Giveaway!

What better way to end 2017 and bring in 2018 than to give away a free Carter Enterprises release! It’s 100% free and simple to enter: Visit us on Facebook or Instagram (links below) Comment on the original post and share with your friends Facebook link: (Click Here) Instagram link: (Click Here)

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Rich Peace

SELFILMED 101 – Part 7 – Interview Strategy

Part 7 – Interview Strategy One of the most difficult parts of self-filming for me is doing interviews and not sounding like a total goofball.  Most people who know me would tell you I don’t have any problem with talking, in fact several of them have told me I talk

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