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My Second Hunt
 
Off to Impalla Pos and Blesbuk, Sable and Kudu.
The Kudu Mistake
Troy Fowler came fora Kudu. Sometimes you have to put on your big boy pants and make it happen.
Leopard Kill Blind
Brandon asked for a blind that was off the ground. His PH Wenzel said yes and off they went.
Springboks
First Fawns Sighting of 2008
 
One of the big events of every year in the deer woods is the year's very first
fawn sighting. This year it was June 26, there were two
fawns, and you can see them too, right here.
Jeff Bags A Big Warthog In Round 2
The big warthog gets away on the first trip but 3 days later Jeff was the one with the luck.
Warthog
For Randy
Riaan signaled Randy that
it was a big Warthog.
All
The Red Hartebeest Pics
More pics -- and bigger
pics -- from Hunt #1, of the majestic African Red Hartebeest that came
into the area this morning.
First
Hunt - Part 2
Time to stop
taking pictures and get the BowTech working
My
First Africa Hunt
My African
hunt starts out strong -- with a visit from a bunch of Red Hartebeests.
Here's the hunt report and pics.
First
Hide
Wade Nolan
tells his own story of his hunt at First Hide.
Jeff
Goes Red
Jeff's Red Hartebeest adventure
ends with a successful stalk.
Kelly
Brings In Dinner
When Wade wanted Warthog
meat for dinner Kelly took him serious.
Brandon's
Back On Bowhunting.net
Last year Brandon was on
the Ohio bowhunt and he is on the African Safari. Today he got a Warthog.
Africa
- A Blesbok For Jeff Lockhart
Jeff gets into Blesbok.
Africa
- Randy Gets A Double
Randy brings in another
African trophy on the first day of his hunt.
Africa
- Randy Starts It Out Red
Randy Stroetz said he didn't
want a Red Hartebeest ... until he saw this big bull.
Namibia
Weather Report
George Tague to the rescue.
Africa
- Getting Ready
Last minute plans for Africa.
And I google up some info about the area and what we will be hunting.
Hog
Stalk In The Cow Pasture
Nothing can goof up a hunt
like a bunch of cows at the wrong time, but not so this afternoon.
Hammer
Hole - Hog Hunt 1
Back to the Hammer Hole
for the first time in 2008. Pics and hunt report.
Are
Bucks Growing Antlers Yet?
Four days after planting
the food plot we have a lift off. As well as the answer to the question.
Time
For Food Plot 2008
Here's how we did it. What
we did it with. And what happened two days later.
Hog
Hunt 2
I glassed the trees on the
hillside and stopped on some black objects. Wild hogs. I went after them.
Waiting
Is Fun
Passing the time while you
sit in a ground blind almost all day is boring ... not !!!
Big
Muddy vs Red
Hunt report from the first
hog hunt of the year.
Big
Spot At The Point
Meet
Big Spot and several dozen other wild hogs that were on the Leaf River
on May 12.
A
Double In Nebraska
In the afternoon our luck
changed and the wild turkeys finally showed up big time. And we put the
arrows in the air and spurs on the ground.
Swimming
With The Gobblers
 
Gobble!!! It was very loud.
And close, real close. The gobbler was coming fast.
A
Hat Trick, by Rick Philippi
 
Rick goes for a Texas Grand
Slam of Rio wild turkey gobblers.
What
Are The Deer Doing Right Now?
  
My new Leaf River IR game
camera does video. So I put in on a trail and guess what? We got deer video.
Africa
Q & A
Bowhunting.net goes to Africa
in June. To start it off here are Answers to the most common Questions
about bowhunting in Africa.
Fred
Bags An Illinois Gobbler
Fred Lutger Reports in on
his Illinois Eastern wild turkey bowhunt.
Hunt
#2 With Rick
The inside story from the
wild turkey bowhunt with Rick Philippi. Pics as a gobbler attacks Rick's
taxidermy jake decoy.
Fred
Reports On Nebraska Hunt
Fred reports on the cold,
but very hot, Nebraska gobbler bowhunt.
Gobbler
VS Decoy
With no warning, and without
a sound, a gobbler hurries out of the trees and attacks Rick's taxidermy
mount jake decoy. And the hunt takes a surprise turn.
Release
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The perfect light for illuminating
your string loop or bowstring in a dark blind or low light conditions.
And it has plenty of other uses and is handy all the time. New, from 3B-Outdoors.
Lucky
82 and the
General
 
After their 2nd Nebraska
longbeards Fred Lutger talks about his BowTech General and Robert Hoague
talks about his new BowTech 82nd Airborne.
Wild
Hogs - Found 'Em!
I set up a Leaf River IR
game camera at the Point hoping to get a pic or two of a wild hog. Boy
did I get a surprise!
The
Roll Over Tom
 
We set up for a particular
approach. But this lone Merriam's gobbler snuck in behind us. And Fred
was on to him.
Day
5 - TurkeyMatch.com?
Fred and I moved to where
the turkeys were yesterday and get some once in a lifetime video.
Nebraska
Day 4 - Morning Hunt
We moved again. And finally
got ourselves near a bunch of wild turkey action. This is the video.
Fred
Lutger Bags An Illinois Eastern
Fred draws and fills a tag
for the Illinois first season.
April
24 Turkey Hunt With Rick
A hard day of hunting winds
up hot.
April
23 Turkey Hunt With Rick Philippi
Hunt report and bad weather.
April
21 and 22 - New Turkeys
My neighbor told me where
gobblers were strutting in the morning. I checked it out. He was right.
April
20 - More Gobble Action
Hunt Report on an exciting
morning in gobble land.
VIDEO
- Gobble Up
The April 19 hunt on video
in BowTube.
April
19 - Gobble Up
Gobble ... yelp, yelp, yelp.
Oh yea, here he comes.
Nebraska
We
took so much video it slowed down my reports on the Nebraska hunt. But
they are coming. Here is the link to the Home
Page for Nebraska Gobbler Bowhunt
Wade Nolan's Writers
Camp at Wild Horse Prairie Ranch. Now
In Progress.
The Bowhunting
Business Meetings
 
At the Writers Camp business
meeting Justin
Lowry discussed Grim Reaper Broadheads and Mike
Jordan of ATSKO gave Whitetail Tips on a deer's vision.
Fred's
Rio Grand - The Story & Pics
The hunt report and pics
as Fred brings in a big longbeard and makes the shot. But finding him is
another matter.
Fred's Rio Grand - The Videos
 
Part
1 - At Billy Don's Fred Lutger bowhunts for the Rio Grande. Here
are the Part #1 highlights.
THE
RIO - Fred calls in a kent daddy, Rio Grande longbeard and makes
the shot. The gobbler flies and we find it. But we get a surprise too.
All on video as it happened.
Bowhunting
World's Mike Strandland
Bowhunting World's editor
Mike Strandland brings in a wild hog and reports on his bowhunt.
Wade
Nolan's Hunt
Wade Nolan comes into camp
with a wild boar.
Day
2 - Justin Lowry, First and First
Justin Lowry brings in the
first longbeard on his first ever turkey hunt.
Here
is Wednesday's
Day 1 Report.
Home
Page for Nebraska Gobbler Bowhunt
Gobbler
Fight (From Nebraska Hunt
Two longbeards and a flock
of jakes fight over a hen.
Texas: Search
For The Rio Grande
Hunt Reports for Day
#1 and Day
#2 and Day
#3.
Nebraska
- More Day #3
We move to another location
and get into the wild turkey action.
Nebraska
- Day 3 - Oh No
The entire story, including
the parts that we didn't get on video.
VIDEOS:
Gobbler
#1 and Gobbler
#2
 
Our online turkey hunt in
BowTube bowhunting video. Fred Lutger bags the 1st longbeard. On Day 3,
I get our 2nd Tom of the hunt.
Nebraska
- Day 2 - Down In The Valley
We work our plan and hunt
the valley. Here's what happened.
Nebraska
Day 1 - Afternoon
Learning More About Where
They Go
We return to the same area.
Here's the hunt report on the afternoon hunt.
Nebraska
- Day 1 - Fred Gets It Done
 
Opening morning we saw at
least 100 wild turkeys, on the hillside 500 yards away. Noting moved in
our area until 11:00 and Fred got with it.
FREAK
- On Mar 21
Do deer move in the rain?
Today the Freak and other deer were hanging out in a surprise down pour.
Setting
Up The Turkey Hunting Bow
Richard McCarty of Lake
Country Archery sets up my new Turkey season bow and the Duck gets it on
video. Ever seen the chronograph read 341?
Treestand
Safety Summit & Last Hunt
Treestand safety meeting.
And another wild hog bowhunt. And a look into the upcoming turkey season.
Treestand
Safety Summit - Day 3
Hunting report from the
morning hog bowhunt for wild hogs.
Treestand
Safety Summit - Day 2
Hunting report from this
morning and afternoon's bowhunt for wild hogs.
Jim
Seeley Brings In The First Hog
Billy Don's cell phone rang.
It was Jim Seeley and he had a hog story for us.
Wade
Nolan's Hog Hunt With Billy Don
Today
is the first day of a hog hunt with Wade Nolan at Billy Don's.
Mar 10 - 12: Eight and Eight
More Buckeye
Cam buck pics.
More
Deer Brawls & Antler
Shed Time
 
The BuckEye Cam nails some
more exciting moments is the lives of deer in March 2008.
March
7 - A Snow & Deer Day
Mar 6 weather correctly
forecasted snow. The deer traffic was heavy in front of my BuckEye Cam.
It took 359 pictures. Here are 30 that are representative of what went
on.
Snow
Deer Pics...
Africa
Safari Q & A
Before our upcoming Africa
Bowhunting.net bowhunt in Namibia, Wade Nolan answers some of the more
common questions asked about hunting
Africa.
Crazy On The Full Moon?
They say people get a little
crazy on the full moon. The pictures on the BuckEye Cam during the last
full moon show that deer can get a little crazy too. To
Deer Pics...
New
Sticks N Limbs Camo (on video)
Berdette introduces his
newest coats, overalls and coveralls for bowhunters.
March
5 and Still Lookin' Good
With a kicker on the right
he's looking good on March 5 and we got us some nice close up video to
boot.
Crazy Buck and China vs USA (Camo)
 
Chasing
On Mar 4 - Think it's too late for bucks to be chasing. Think again.
Have a look.
Camo
Survivor - Berdette Schoep of Clarkfield Outdoors was one of the
few USA camo manufacturers to survive after China took the business overseas.
Here is how he did it.
Two New Deer Pic Videos in BowTube
 
GET
DEER PICS - Rick Philippi shows how he gets pictures of the
deer at his protein feeding areas.
MARCH
DEER - Yesterday afternoon's deer.
Drastic
Changes In The Camo Business
Timm Getts and I travel
to Clarkfield, Minnesota and learn how the camo business was turned upside
down in the year 2000.
Scouting
For Deer 2008
FEB 27 - If the sun
hadn't been so bright I would not have noticed the bedded buck. Buck
PICS...
Clarkfield Outdoors
- Arrival
FEB 28 - Our 3 hour
flight to MN was smooth going. The 3 hour drive to Clarkfield was ... well
... snowy & stormy. We meet with Berdette at 5:30 tonight and all day
tomorrow.
P.S. Don't tell Timm I put
his pic here. ;-)
Turkey
Getting Tip from Rick
Improve your odds of getting
a shot this Spring with a tip from veteran gobbler bowhunter Rick Philippi.
Scouting
For Deer 2008
Deer Thirty Video - Yesterday Afternoon
Let's watch some deer. February
24 just before last light some bucks and does move into the area and get
themselves on BowTube. Watching
Deer Video...
The Deer Activity On Feb 24
The BuckEye Cam was busy
today. To
Pics...
Planning For AFRICA
2008
Bowhunting.net and BowTube
to bowhunt Africa in 2008. Africa...
Scouting
For Deer 2008
... Real Lucky
More BuckEye Cam infra-red
Deer
Pictures...
We Get Lucky - Right Out Of The Blocks
Saturday afternoon I set
out a BuckEye Cam wireless infra-red game camera and it was in the deer
in less than an hour. Pics...
Growing
Bigger Bucks Video
Elevate your bucks to the
next level by improving their nutrition. Right now is the time to start.
Licked and Skunked
Nothing is as relaxing as
watching bucks on a February 2nd morning. We're talking licking branches,
walking around, and running into a black and white stripped surprise in
the tall weeds. TO
VIDEO...
Bear Bowhunt With
Fred Lutger
On my last trip to Ontario
Fred Lutger videoed my hunt for the Skunk Bear. TO
VIDEO...
Continued New
Product Coverage
of the 2008 ATA Archery
Trade Show
ATA Trade Show - Pt 10
The 10th installment of
our on the floor coverage of the 2008 ATA Archery Trade Show. ATA
#10
Triple Kicker
on Jan 29
This morning Triple Kicker
gave us some video. GO...
This 3-D Buck
Is Real
My bud PW saw an 8-point
with a doe by my practice targets and got their pictures. PICS...
ATA Archery Trade
Show 2008
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Continued New
Product Coverage
of the 2008 ATA Archery
Trade Show
NEW: ATA
Archery Trade Show - Part #9
Installment #9 of new products
at ATA. ATA
#9
ATA Archery Trade Show
- Part #7 and #8
Installment #7 and #8 of
pics and new products at the recent 2008 ATA Show. ATA
#7 and ATA
#8
Triple Kicker
Buck on Jan 21
On my afternoon vigil some
antlers in the nearby woods caught my eye. It was Triple Kicker. The last
time I saw him was early December. Here he is on BowTube VIDEO...
Is There Bowhunting In France?
Heck yea. And at the ATA
Show we interviewed notable French bowhunter and free lance writer Alexandre
Bombenger. ON
VIDEO...
Son Of The Freak
Back Again
More video of Son of Freak
buck as a doe tries to hide from him this morning. VIDEO...
Son Of The Freak
Returns
He hasn't been on my radar
since October, but Freak just showed up today and I got him ON
VIDEO...
ATA Archery Trade
Show 2008
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ATA
Archery Trade Show - Part #6
More new products and pics
from the 2008 ATA Archery Trade Show. ATA
#6...
ATA Archery Trade
Show 2008
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ATA
Archery Trade Show - Part #5
More new products and pics
from the 2008 ATA Archery Trade Show. ATA
#5...
SCOUTING FOR DEER
Eight Point on January
14
And he is picture perfect.
GO...
SCOUTING FOR DEER
Eight Point on January
14
And he is picture perfect.
GO...
ATA Archery Trade
Show 2008
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ATA Archery Trade Show
- Part #4
Forth group of people, pics
and new archery & bowhunting products. To
Part #4...
ATA Archery Trade Show
- Part #3
Third group of people, pics
and new archery & bowhunting products. To
Part #3...
ATA Archery Trade Show
- Part #2
Further down the aisle.
More pictures, more people and more new products. To
Part #2...
ATA Archery Trade Show
- Part #1
People and products from
the floor of the 2008 ATA Archery Trade Show. To
Part #1...
2007
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"Crabby" Finally Meets Lucky "13"
 
Dennis Crabtree tells new
bowhunters "Never Give Up" and here's what happened in December when he
took his own good advice. Crabby...
Fixin' Edward
Edward's video in BowTube
was not working for everybody. I have it fixed now. Edward shoots video
well. Here is his video bowhunt. Late
Season Hunt
Jan 3 & 4
I hunted 4 different places,
same result. Nothing.
Jan 2- Afternoon: Last Barn Parade
Back at the Last Barn the
deer got busy right away. I worked up a short video so you can see what
happened. VIDEO...
BACK IN THE BUCKS
Tuesday at the Last Barn
I saw a bomber buck, a good 8-point, two other bucks that got in a fight,
and 5 does. I have pictures and the report. GO...
The Bow, And What Makes It Hunt
Here is the setup of this
bow season's bow and all the accessories that make it hunt. And a few opinions
about some of them. VIDEO...
Saturday & Sunday
Hunt reports for hunts with
John, Bryant, the Duck, Robbie, Josh and Sharp Eye. And I find out how
close a big buck can get to you without getting in the blind too. GO...
Friday's Hunt Report
Everyone that is on our
deer lease is down this weekend. GO...
Thurs - A heavy frost
looked like diamonds all around. It was plenty cold. No deer moved this
morning. John and I are going into town to eat.
Wed - This morning
was cold and and a raging wind came with daylight. I was a block of ice
by 8:00 and came in. Went to the Point this afternoon. John Askew came
down and went to the hill stand. We both saw 2 does. But the wind quit
and it was a pleasant afternoon.
Mon & Tues - A Video Message For
You
A short message from me
to you, on VIDEO...
Sunday - A Turning Point?
After another no-deer morning
things took a turn for the better ... at the last possible minute. GO...
Friday and Saturday
Saturday - I zipped at the
food plot in the morning. But my game camera caught a buck at 11:00.
Still on the scent kick
I tried another tactic at the Corner, making my own scrape. Here is the
Hunt
Report for Fri & Sat and I also videoed it all for BowTube
and called it Fake
'Em Out. Sunday morning I went to the Point, it was 19 degrees,
and apparently too cold for everything but me.
Making Arrows - On Video
Why not make your own arrows?
It's easy and fast with the right tools. The
Easy Way...
December 15 - 18
Catching up on the hunt
reports. Another big buck on Dec 16. Wild Hog Weirdness on Dec 17. And
Dec 18's report. GO...
Bill Moore's Scent Trick Brings Big
Boy
Dec 14 - Bill Moore's deerhunting
scent trick brought a big buck to me this afternoon at the Point. GO...
Plus the story and set up
are On
Video.
 
On BowTube Video: Scent
Trick and Wide-8+2
The Search For Wide-8
His game camera pic was
on Nov 22. Wide-8 was back. But bigger. And in December he finally found
me. To Part 1...1
and Part 2..
and The
Video...
Bryant & Jensen - the iPhone Buck
Sometimes when things look
like they just won't work out, they do. :-) GO...
Bryant & Jensen - One For Two
We started our search for
Bryant's buck and Jensen's wild hog. It was good and bad news. GO...
Big-O vs Button Head
My mouser cat takes on a
button buck in a territorial dispute. Ya gotta love this! Big-O
vs Button Head...
Sometimes Ya Get The Blues
Bryant & Jensen both
get lucky -- and unlucky. GO...
John Bags Another Doe
John Askew does is again.
GO...
Triple Kicker ... Limping
I videoed Triple Kicker
today. He has a limp and his weight is down but he still has an eye for
the ladies. Triple
Kicker Video...
Dance With The One That Brung Ya...
See the video in BowTube:
I'm
U'r Man
A big 8-pt follows a doe
into the food plot. GO...
Lookin' Good At The Corner - Woops!
Hunt
Report and see it on BowTube VIDEO
First time this year at the
Corner. And here come the deer. Woops! GO...
The Duck Reports On His 10-point
Donald Duck tells us all
about his big 10-pt. GO...
Late Morning 8-Point
As I gathered up my stuff
to leave I saw antlers above the tall weeds to the south of the food plot.
GO...
Bryant and Jensen
When Bryant Askew came in
we got our flashlights and took up the track for a huge wild boar. GO...
Dec 2 - Video for the BowTube
The button wanted to go
wherever it was headed. But a buck in the way wanted to be sure the younger
buck knew his place. On
BowTube Video...
Dec 1 - John's Day
John Askew bagged a doe
at the Rock Ledge. GO...
Saturday morning nothing
came by the Double Bull Blind in the Sky. I checked the game cameras and
have some pics. Here they are, GO...
Nov 30 - Woops ... You Never Know
A black blob in the brush
became a wild hog and walked to the water. I was in my new Double Bull
In The Sky blind, 5 feet off the ground. GO...
Nov 28 - Buck Day Wednesday
My setup at the Point was
all good this morning as the buck parade came on down. GO...
AND I got in on video and
it is in BowTube. VIDEO...
Nov 27 - Nobody Home But Us 8-points
 
1. The Hunt: I switched
stands to the food plot just in time to see a nice 8-point. Hunt
Pics & Report...
2. Game Camera Pics:
Before returning home I checked the cameras. The Rolled Wire Annex had
activity. Rolled
Wire Deer Pics...
Game Camera Pics: Good News!
 
A big buck from last year
shows up at the food plot camera. TK is back. And the Rolled Wire Annex
camera snaps a big one. And more. GO...
November 19 thru
25
Catching
up on the hunt results for last week. GO...
Wade
Nolan's Whitetail University Writers Camp: Ohio Rut Hunt
Hunt Report 7 - Another Big One
Standing there, five yards
away. Another big Ohio buck. GO...
Hunt Report - Floyd's Hunt
Hard hunting got Floyd Jeffcoat
in the bucks. GO...
Hunt Report #5 & 6 - A
Colder weather = more bucks.
GO..
Hunt Report #4 - A Bomber Comes In
A scrape to my left. A scrape
to my right .. with a doe in it. And a set of bomber antlers coming through
the thicket toward me. GO...
Hunt Report #3
A little wind. A little
rain. And Mike sees a bomber buck. GO...
First Day
We meet our host James Coffelt
and he fills us in on where we will hunt and shows us some jaw dropping
bucks.
GO...
Lift Off...
 
Off to a good start. Brian
and Brandon bring in a 10 and 8 points. GO...
Deerhunting
Back Home
More Scrape Watch Pics
Highlights of the latest
pics at Scrape Watch. Our wide buck is back again. GO...
Catching Up - Sunday thru Wednesday
The bucks are dogging does.
And Monday a jaw dropping monster buck came out of the woods, walking in
my direction. GO...
Scrape Watch Update
 
Left - A look at the Scrape
Watch from inside the ground blind. GO...
Right - Shooting through
the mesh in a ground blind has issues, some broadheads just don't work.
Here is my solution. GO...
A Buck Looking For Love
Sunday Morning: At
the food plot blind I saw an 8-point that put the moves on all the does
in sight. 8-Point
VIDEO...
Afternoon: Several
does and 2 young bucks at the Last Barn.
Saturday - The Rut Yet? Yep...
The rut started today with
an 8-power gusto. Robbie Cramer met the Cocklebur Boar. To the Hunt
Report. And Robbie
on BowTube Video with the Cocklebur boar.
Back to hunt Scrape Watch
November 2, Friday:
A doe and two yearlings came through on a side trail in the woods in the
morning. That afternoon a doe marked branches about 60 yards away so there
must be a scrape there too. I saw 5 more does.
Scrape Watch 2 Video
is up. The 3 scrapes have turned into 4. You can see three good in
the video as well as where the Matrix blind is and the new Bushnell game
camera.
VIDEO...
PLUS here are the pics from the game camera for the last two days. SCRAPE
PICS...
Hunt Reports for October
29 - November 1. GO...
Found Him!
Big Boy 10 shows up at Scrape
Watch. Here are the pics from the game camera on the scrape. PICS...
A Tip From Timm and Scrape Watch
 
VIDEO: Timm's
Skinning Tip and Scrape
Watch
Timm has a video tip on
how he field dresses and skins deer. And I find 3 hot scrapes.
Lauren's First
Time On A Deer Hunt
 
Timm & Lauren: On
Video and Hunt Report
Timm Getts brought his 6
year old daughter Lauren and she went along with her dad on a eventful
deer hunt. Here is the Hunt
Report as well as the Video on BowTube of Timm
& Lauren recovering the deer.
First Hunt - Timm
Getts and his 6 year old daughter Lauren went to the Hammer Hole and hunted
my Double Bull ground blind. A black wild hog walked behind the blind.
Lauren was anxious to see deer and they saw 15 on the way back to the house.
At my Secret Stand I saw
a total bomber with a high, heavy, wide, light colored antlers with a big
body -- walking with a doe. They got close enough ... but shooting light
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