The high temperatures so far this season has made it less than enjoyable to be in a tree, and makes it difficult to get setup without breaking into a sweat. As a result, several of my early season hunts came to a sudden close due to deer catching my wind.
Over the past several years, many state wildlife management agencies have realized there are many benefits that lighted nocks provide to a hunter’s game retrieval success rate. Since they do not directly increase the hunter’s chances of successfully harvesting their quarry, they seem to be more frequently accepted by authorities
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
What a whirlwind it has been the past couple months. Much like last year after my first DIY elk hunt, it’s taken me a while to finally get the time to sit down and write about it. It seems like the older you get, the more you have vying for your
As mother nature slowly but surely loosens its grip on us here in the Midwest, there is no better time to be out scouting for whitetails to help increase your odds of success this coming fall. I’ve found some of the best times to be out scouting begins immediately after
This year, for the first time in my life, I was going to have an opportunity to hunt on my own property. My wife and I recently purchased a house, and while I do not exactly own a large tract of land, I have enough to safely hunt, and early
I’ll be honest, I have always struggled with the idea of breaking the bank on a quiver. Not to mention, I could never find one that I really liked. In my mind, it is simply a piece of equipment designed to hold arrows and transport broadheads to the treestand. With the
As a left-handed hunter, you learn to be patient well before ever hitting the woods. A left-handed hunter is definitely a minority in the hunting industry. If I want a new flagship bow for example, I can guarantee you that it will be 6-8 months after my buddies (right-handed) receive their bow before a lefty
Firenock 2014 ATA Show Nashville TN Firenock’s new releases for 2014, like all previous products, are nothing short of incredible and an absolute game changer for the archery industry. This year Firenock has come out with multiple upgrades and new products like the featured Professional Arrow Preparation System, improved field
Lets take a look back to what has brought me to this point in my turkey hunting career. In 2012 I coaxed myself into taking my bow out only a few times, which all ended the same way. With no bird! All of my hunts in the past have turned