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365 Archery Target Lineup
Calvin Bueltel

365 Archery 3D Archery Targets

When folks enter a new industry, or even a new subsection of their industry, they usually dip their toe in by offering one or two products.  While 365 Archery isn’t new to the target game, 2024 was their first year of releasing their Kong brand of 3D archery targets –

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calvin bueltel shooting mathews vxr 31.5 at 2020 ata show
Calvin Bueltel

Bow Shootoff – 2020 ATA Show

I was able to do something I’ve always wanted to do as the 2020 ATA Show wound to down on Saturday;  A bow shoot off.  If you are like me, you’ve probably pair the list of bows down to a couple in your price range, and shoot only those or

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Calvin Bueltel

Grim Reaper Broadheads – 2020 ATA Show

After releasing several new products in 2019, Grim Reaper did not release any new broadheads for the 2020 ATA Show. However there was some other big news. Luke Brewster Buck For those that don’t know, 2019 saw a new entry in the record books.  The Brewster buck was confirmed as

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Brett Bueltel

October 13, 2018 – Ohio Archery Buck

It was now almost five years since I had successfully filled a buck tag here in Ohio.  The last buck tag I’ve filled was on November 3rd of 2013 to be exact.  I had spent countless hours in the tree and in a blind over the course of those five

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Calvin Bueltel

Spot Hogg Fast Eddie XL Multi-Pin Sight Review

I’m not going to lie:  I’ve been shooting with a Spot Hogg sight ever since I reunited with compound-bow hunting back in 2010.  Prior to that I was either in middle school shooting a bow that didn’t even fit me, or instinctively shooting a stick-and-string throughout high school/college.  After giving

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Brett Bueltel

DSD White Face Strutter – New for 2018!

It doesn’t matter if you are a novice turkey hunter, or have several seasons under your belt, it is likely that you have heard about Dave Smith Decoys (DSD).  The ultra-realistic decoy movement began almost 20 years ago when the first custom DSD Canada Goose decoy was created.  Since then, the DSD brand

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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 – 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 – 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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